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Watch on YouTube - https://youtu.be/E202iZDFAOY
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:04:13 - Welcoming Ole to the Show
00:04:51 - Ole's Background and Project A Overview
00:05:55 - Role of Data in Early-Stage Companies
00:07:25 - Early Interest in Data
00:09:12 - Timing for Investing in Data
00:10:04 - Early Data Strategy and Investment
00:18:39 - Handling Limited Data
00:21:11 - Challenges in Data Representation
00:23:13 - Asking Stakeholders About Data Usage
00:26:23 - Preventing Vanity Metrics
00:31:06 - Product Managers and Vanity Metrics
00:33:25 - Avoiding Assumptions in Metrics
00:36:33 - Facilitating Solution Creation
00:38:39 - Clustering Metrics for Better Analysis
00:39:37 - On-the-Fly Metrics Exercise: Virtual Conferencing Platform
00:46:11 - On-the-Fly Metrics Exercise: Nutrition and Supplement Company
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Episode Summary:
In this episode of The Measure Pod, Dan and Bhav are joined by Ole Bossdorf, an analytics expert at venture capital firm Project A, which boasts a portfolio of over 120 companies. They discuss the contrast between Ole’s work with early-stage startups and more established businesses, highlighting the critical role of metrics in driving success. The conversation also delves into the challenges and creative solutions for data analysis when dealing with limited information.
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About The Measure Pod:
The Measure Pod is a podcast hosted by Daniel Perry-Reed the Principal Analytics Consultant and Trainer @ Measurelab and Bhav Patel then Director of Experimentation and Analytics @ LeanConvert - veteran practitioners of the marketing and product analytics industry. Join us, and the occasional guest, on our quest to make sense of the analytics industry, having some fun along the way.
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