Friends of data Blog

Christian Kleinerman, Snowflake: mapping the next era for data and AI

A conversation AI, data, and where the ecosystem is headed

Nick Hardy, Ro: The power of embedded data teams

When data scientists become decision drivers

How Notion, HubSpot, and Ramp data teams think about ROI

How data leaders are thinking about data team ROI.

Pedram Navid, Dagster: Why it's not enough to be right

Pedram Navid shares why enacting change matters more than being right and why building relationships with stakeholders is one of the most valuable skillsets in an AI-driven world.

Ian Macomber, Ramp: How a data team drives influence

Ian Macomber shares insights on how Ramp's data team supports rapid product development and drives influence across the organization.

Tristan Handy: dbt's Evolution

As dbt continues to shape the data landscape, Handy shares his insights on the company's growth, product strategy, and vision for the future of data transformation.

Tony Avino, HubSpot: Keeping data updated and trusted

We sat down with Tony to chat about data culture, measuring ROI for analytics engineering, governance, and career development strategies for his team.

TEST: Tony Avino: Product-Launch Inspired Comms for Data at HubSpot (1)

We sat down with Tony to chat about data culture, measuring ROI for analytics engineering, governance, and career development strategies for his team.

Daniel Sternberg: How data drives craft at Notion

Perspectives from Daniel on data team structure, the balance of data vs. craft-based decisions and data team ROI.

Snowflake Summit 2024 Recap

Celebrating Being AI Partner of the Year and Reading Between the Lines of Enterprise AI

Recap: San Francisco Public Data Hackathon

We brought the city's cleverest data people together to explore public municipal datasets

Coalesce Recap

Growth, Complexity, and Community

What does it mean to build a self-service analytics infrastructure?

How Human Interest’s data team empowers stakeholders across the company to use analytics every day

Q&A with Bluecore’s Data Team: Part 2

We spoke about Bluecore’s revenue forecasting app, how the team prioritizes projects and measures success, reasons for adopting Hex, and more

Q&A with Bluecore’s Data Team: Part 1

We spoke about Bluecore's data team and modern data stack, use cases for Hex, and more