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Lean Analytics

Getting things done with analytics, SQL and statistics

Business Intelligence Lean Analytics

When Measuring Performance, Find Lines in the Sand

One of the most useful ideas from the 2013 book Lean Analytics is the notion of 'lines in the sand' — concrete values that tell you how well you're doing on a metric that matters.

Cedric Chin July 27, 2019
Business Intelligence Lean Analytics

Lean Analytics Part 2: The Stages of a Data Driven Startup

In Part 2 of our summary of Lean Analytics, we cover the five stages of a data driven startup, and the book's tips for creating a data-driven culture in your company.

Cedric Chin July 12, 2019
Business Intelligence Lean Analytics

Lean Analytics Part 1: An Introduction to Analytical Thinking

In the first part of our comprehensive summary of Lean Analytics, we examine the basics of analytical thinking, explore six startup business models, and examine the metrics that matter the most to each.

Cedric Chin July 06, 2019
Business Intelligence Lean Analytics

The Two Types of Operating Indicators

In operational analytics, you're either looking at a leading indicator, or you're looking at a lagging trend indicator. Here's why this particular categorisation is so useful.

Cedric Chin June 05, 2019
Business Intelligence Lean Analytics

Beware What You Measure: The Principle of Pairing Indicators

When you're implementing company-wide analytics, it's easy to fall into the trap of measuring only one metric. Don't. The principle of pairing indicators is why.

Cedric Chin May 29, 2019
Data at Work Lean Analytics Business Intelligence

How Data Analytics Helps MyanLearn’s Operations: Holistics Data Platform (Guest Post)

As we are still a very small startup, we do not have a dedicated data team but we want to democratize data access. Holistics plays a big role in our company by providing visualization and reporting features via connecting with our database.

MyanLearn team March 18, 2019
Lean Analytics Holistics Power-ups Using Holistics

Connecting Amazon Athena To Visualize And Query S3 Data, Using Holistics

A step by step guide and video for querying S3 data to build reports and charts, by using AWS' Amazon Athena and Holistics.

Benjamin Goh March 07, 2019
Data at Work Lean Analytics Business Intelligence

How Planogram and Share of Shelf (SOS) Reports Maximise Revenue for Retail and FMCG Companies

Planogram and Share of Shelf/Space (SOS) reports are key field execution reports that are important concerns for decision makers to carry out the marketing strategy. In this article, we will explain what Planogram and SOS reports are.

Yahya Apristianto February 08, 2019
Data at Work Lean Analytics Business Intelligence

How To Setup Reporting Analytics For MongoDB

Many Mongo users get stuck going from MongoDB data to analytics. Getting data out of Mongo and into a relational database lets you build your reporting workflow.

Matt Cassel November 19, 2018
Lean Analytics Business Intelligence

The 4 Basic SQL Commands: SQL Basics 101

Fear not data traveller, though the data landscape may seem wild and treacherous, we will help you, young padawan, to navigate the …

Evan Tan September 20, 2018
Lean Analytics Using Holistics SQL Tips

How We Built Our MRR Dashboard (Using Pipedrive & Holistics)

Want to customize and automate MRR reporting, to suit your company's specific data needs? Luckily, Holistics integrates with Pipedrive, here's our guide!

Trang September 07, 2018
Lean Analytics Data at Work Business Intelligence

Learning SQL - Why it is critical for Analysts

As a derivative of the development of technology, the importance of data to business is indisputable. Converting that information into insights becomes a business advantage. Understanding data flows to be able to work with data is essential for all Analysts.

Hai Nguyen February 21, 2018
Lean Analytics Data at Work Business Intelligence

ETL vs ELT: How ELT is changing the BI landscape

In any organization’s analytics stack, the most intensive step usually lies is data preparation: combining, cleaning, and creating data sets that …

Ragha Vasudevan December 20, 2017
Lean Analytics Business Intelligence

Understanding Your Average Customer Value Over Time (CVO)

As business owners, understanding your customers’ behaviour is among the key things that will help you grow your business. If you’re …

Huy Nguyen November 24, 2017
Lean Analytics Business Intelligence

4 Ways to Improve Dashboard Performance

A common problem that data analysts and report users face is slow dashboards, making users wait for charts and reports to load. …

Ragha Vasudevan November 15, 2017

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