It took a bunch of work, but you finally found the right consultant for your project and worked out a contract you’re both happy with. Now you can relax and let them do their thing!If only.It’s true, using consultants increases…
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How to Run a Data Tool Bake-Off
Data StackWhen choosing data tools, there’s no replacement for getting hands-on. But if you’ve ever found yourself taking out a trial, logging in, and thinking “Well, this seems ok, but I’m not really sure,” I feel your pain.That’s where a data tool…
When to Hire a Data Consultant vs. Building Out Your Data Team
Being Data-Driven Best PracticesIf you’re a CEO or in leadership, you’re often going to be faced with the question of what to do when your company’s data needs outstrip what your IT department, analysts, or engineers can currently handle.The answer might seem obvious:…
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Data Warehouse Selection Criteria: How To Choose the Right Storage
Data WarehousingYou’ve been thinking for a while that it’s time to level up your data solution. You could keep muddling by. But you’re spending too much time grinding through individual requests. It’s 2021; shouldn’t your users be able to take care…
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How to Create a Data MVP for Your Startup
Being Data-Driven Best PracticesYou know the janky data solution your startup currently has in place just isn’t cutting it. But when you think about building what you need, you get a pit in your stomach. It feels like you’ve been asked to stop…
Why You Absolutely Shouldn’t Connect Salesforce Straight to a BI Tool
Data Management Data WarehousingYou want to get more out of your Salesforce data—and who doesn’t? So it’s time to boot up your favorite BI tool, hook it up to Salesforce, and rock out. That’s a fine plan if your startup has simple needs. But…
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How To Choose An ELT Tool: 6 Key Considerations
ETL and ELTYou’re building a new data solution for your business, and you need an ELT tool to make storing and analyzing data more manageable. You’ve read a ton of articles and talked to a bunch of folks about what they use.…
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How to Coach Your Startup to Choose Better Metrics
Being Data-Driven Best PracticesThere’s no cookie-cutter way to choose metrics that will work for all startups. In fact, what the history shows us is that everybody who’s tried to come up with a better metrics framework has made progress but has ultimately failed…
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Webinar Recap: The Scalability Paradox with Nathan Patrick Taylor
Analytics Leadership Data Stack Data WarehousingRecently, Panoply held a webinar with Nathan Patrick Taylor, the CIO of the Symphony Post Acute Network. The focus of the webinar was on what Nathan calls the scalability paradox—the dilemma of focusing too early or too much on scalability,…
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How to Use Dashboards to Guide Your Startup’s 2021 Planning
Being Data-Driven Best Practices BI and Data VisualizationYou know the drill: Sometime in mid-December, a tsunami of planning will crash into your company as teams frantically scramble to figure out their initiatives and KPIs for next year. And as they scramble, every single one of them will…
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Deepening Your Approach to Data
Best PracticesYou nailed your proof of concept project. Your initial group of users are happy, and they’re getting comfortable mining the first batch of data for insights that may actually have an impact on your company’s bottom line.The Higher Ups are…
Understanding Data Warehouse-as-a-Service Benefits Today and Tomorrow
Data WarehousingUntil recently, data warehouses were largely the domain of big business. With a data warehouse, you could consolidate and analyze vast amounts of information, deriving new insights that gave you an edge over your competitors. But creating a data warehouse…
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