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Musings, insights and creative solutions from the team at Domo.

Friday
May 11, 2012

Josh James

Josh James

Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board

The Other Cost of Sales

Being a top salesperson isn’t cheap. I like that. If you’ve followed my startup rules, you might remember this one (JJSR 8) — Find salespeople who love to spend money: watches, cars, houses. The more they spend, the better your prospects. But you have to set them up for success, too. That means making sure [...] …

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Thursday
May 3, 2012

Josh James

Josh James

Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board

Infographic: What Would You Do With An Extra 2 Hours?

I'm a big believer in Friday nights and weekends being sacred time for family and fun (see #JJSR 35). Especially during the startup phase, work like a dog during the week, but make sure …

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Tuesday
May 1, 2012

Josh James

Josh James

Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board

Why BI is Broken and 3 Ways to Fix It

One of my biggest frustrations as CEO of a public company — and one of the principle reasons I started Domo — was how hard it was (ok, impossible) to get all the data I needed when I needed it. In fact …

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Wednesday
April 25, 2012

Josh James

Josh James

Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board

Infographic: Sensory Overload

When I was CEO of a public company, one of the things that amazed me was that in spite of how much data was generated, it was impossible to sort through it all and truly harness the power of that data. That’s why …

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Friday
April 13, 2012

Chris Willis

Chris Willis

Director of User Experience

Encyclopedia Britannica and the Death of the Single Point of View

Bibliophiles lamented the passing of another cultural milestone in the print world this month. But for many, the announcement of the death of Encyclopedia Britannica's print edition came as little surprise. The venerable publication reached its apex in the mid-90s but had been …

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Thursday
April 5, 2012

Josh James

Josh James

Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board

Infographic: The Cost of Manual Reporting

Manual reporting is expensive, not to mention frustrating. It can cost a typical company $79K per year and that's conservative, IMHO. For other companies, it can cost much much more. Check our infographic on the cost of manual reporting and see if you can relate. …

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Sunday
April 1, 2012

Thamina Christensen

Thamina Christensen

Marketing Project Manager

Three Trends in Business Intelligence

The Garnter Business Intelligence Summit is just starting and the anticipation is growing on Twitter, blogs, and other social media sites. Though big data is the main buzz, three other BI pain points stand out as hot topics: cloud, mobile, and the user experience. According to Gartner, the reign of the personal computer is coming [...] …

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Wednesday
March 28, 2012

Shawn Dickerson

Shawn Dickerson

Director of Marketing

Is Your Data Cheating On You?

Your relationship with your data can be a lot like a love affair. At first there's so much excitement about the insights you might glean spending a lot of time together. Every table and chart feels exciting, and the future is filled with promise. But too often …

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Friday
March 9, 2012

Thamina Christensen

Thamina Christensen

Marketing Project Manager

Applying the Pixar Model to Business Intelligence

In a recent HBR article, Eric Hellweg talks about the secrets to Pixar’s success. During the dominant Disney animated movie era—remember Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast—Pixar decided to do things differently. They took the opportunity to cast aside what had been done for what could be done. What were these secret guidelines? No songs [...] …

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Friday
February 10, 2012

Jeff Burtenshaw

Jeff Burtenshaw

VP Community Platform

A New Formation in Business Intelligence

With the recent SuperBowl weekend, I couldn't help but reflect on a lesson I learned playing football that parallels the message found in “The New School of Dashboards”, an executive brief from Domo. Joe Gibbs, NFL hall of fame football coach and only coach to win three Superbowls with three different starting quarterbacks, is credited with …

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