Analysis
Now Live: Google Sheets integration for ModeMode’s vision has been about connecting data and business teams around data analysis. However, having a single source of truth is…
Eddie A Tejeda
September 13, 2024•
Mode updates
Beyond Chatbots: Introducing AI Assist, a SQL Generator for AnalystsIntroducing AI Assist that helps you quickly map out a query structure before diving into the details. Take a look at how it will assist…
Samantha Novak
January 30, 2024•
Mode updates
Mode Unlocks New Color Controls to Elevate your VisualizationsMode took a huge leap forward with its color control features, providing users with a powerful toolkit for elevating their data…
Christine Sotelo
January 7, 2024•
Analysis
Tableau vs Excel: Which is a better for your business?Over the years, Microsoft Excel has been the preferred choice for professionals when it comes to analyzing and handling data. However, the…
December 20, 2023•
Analysis
Best Metabase alternatives to consider in 2024Metabase is a business intelligence platform that allows power users to analyze large datasets and build interactive dashboards. However, it…
Katherine Flynn
December 13, 2023•
Analysis
Top Domo competitors to consider in 2024While most businesses are actively investing in technology to derive the utmost value from their data, research by McKinsey shows that 7…
Christine Sotelo
November 9, 2023•
Analysis
User segmentation - Everything you need to knowThis article takes a deep dive into user segmentation, covering what it is, why it's important, the different types of segmentation, real…
Christine Sotelo
November 9, 2023•
Analysis
Data Modeling - Understanding Tools and Techniques InvolvedData has become an integral part of daily operations for every organization. Many businesses often don't fully grasp the importance of their…
Samridh Choubey
November 3, 2023•
Analysis
7 best SQL query builders and generators to use in 2024In this article, we’ve picked the best SQL query builders that empower business users to explore and interact with data—without spending…
Neha Hystad
November 3, 2023•
Analysis
8 data exploration tools you need to use in 2024The data landscape has become quite complex in recent years. With data coming from an ever increasing number of sources in greater volume…
Shruthi Bezawada
November 2, 2023•
Analysis
Now live: Mode integration with dbt Semantic LayerMode’s connector to the dbt Semantic Layer is now available! Now data enthusiasts can define metrics and business logic in one place and…
Neha Hystad
October 26, 2023•
Analysis
5 Finance KPI Dashboards & Why Financial Ratio Analysis is CriticalUse these financial ratio dashboards to get glimpses of your company's financial standing.
Vikram Agnihotri
August 3, 2023•
Analysis
A Guide to Self-Service Analytics: Break Down Barriers Between Data and DecisionsSelf-service analytics gives business leaders in sales, marketing, customer support, and product the data they need to hit their key metrics…
Jessica Schimm (Senior Manager, Content) and Mark Simborg
July 24, 2023•
Analysis
What Is Behavioral Segmentation? Types, Examples, and How To Do itA closer look at behavioral segmentation.
Laura Dambrosio
July 20, 2023•
Analysis
How to Avoid Data Compute Overages With These Best PracticesNo one wants to go over data compute, here's how to prevent it.
Penny Barnes
June 30, 2023•
Mode updates
A Note From the Mode FoundersA note from our founders on how Mode’s journey led to an acquisition by ThoughtSpot.
Benn Stancil - CTO & Co-founder, Derek Steer - Co-founder & former CEO, Josh Ferguson
June 26, 2023•
Mode updates
Unleashing Business Intelligence in the Era of Generative AIThoughtSpot is acquiring Mode. The visionary AI-powered analytics platform and the modern business intelligence platform loved by data teams…
Gaurav Rewari
June 26, 2023•
Analysis
Data Democratization: Powering Your Organization With DataData democratization is a powerful way to build a data-driven culture. In this article, we'll review its benefits and how a BI tool can make…
Mark Simborg
June 15, 2023•
Analysis
Tableau Reviews: A Roundup of the Pros, Cons, and Where It Fits in the Modern BI LandscapeWe’ve curated some of the more relevant reviews around Tableau to help you in evaluating a BI tool decision.
Laura Dambrosio
June 9, 2023•
Mode updates
Now Live: Copy & Paste Visualizations in ModeLearn how Mode's Copy & Paste Visualizations will help both data teams and business teams save time by creating and recreating content more…
Katie Paxson Flynn
June 5, 2023•
Analysis
It's Not You, It's the Tools: An Ex-Tableauer’s New Perspective on Modern BIBusiness Intelligence is changing again. Learn why the new shift is better than ever for the data team, and ultimately the business.
David Goldberg
May 31, 2023•
Analysis
What is Tableau & What is it Used For? An Analyst's GuideLearn about the pros and cons of Tableau for analysts, and how Mode compares.
Laura Dambrosio
May 24, 2023•
Mode updates
What’s New with DatasetsDatasets are curated, reusable tables of data that power self-serve reporting and data exploration. They're now available to all…
Katie Paxson Flynn
May 17, 2023•
Analysis
Tableau Pricing: How Much It Costs and the Hidden Costs for Data AnalystsLearn the pricing tiers for Tableau and why the platform imposes hidden costs if you need robust data extraction and analytics capabilities.
May 12, 2023•
Analysis
How Domain's Data Team Empowered Data-Savvy Stakeholders to Navigate a Turbulent Real Estate MarketHere's how Domain’s data team activated "data heroes," for better self-serve.
Jessica Schimm
May 9, 2023•
Analysis
How Patreon's Data Team Used Leading and Lagging Indicators to Monitor Growth in a Creator EconomyWith the current volatile economic climate, we're looking back at how Patreon's data team helped the company prioritize goals in the…
Jessica Schimm
May 9, 2023•
Analysis
Small Data Teams, Big Impact: Webinar RecapLearn from data leaders at Notion, Y Combinator, Balanced, and Bento on how small data teams can make big impacts at their organizations…
Lucas Stewart
April 24, 2023•
Analysis
What is Data Governance? Framework and ExamplesData governance is complex. We'll explain what it means and describe our recommended data governance framework for high-growth organizations…
Benn Stancil
April 17, 2023•
Analysis
How We Silently Switched Mode’s In-Memory Data Engine to DuckDB To Boost Visual Data Exploration SpeedWith DuckDB, Mode’s platform performance is faster and more scalable. Here’s the story of how our engineering team made the migration to the…
Michael Albers
April 5, 2023•
Mode updates
Now Live: Faster, Easier, and More Customizable Visualizations in ModeLearn about our new updates that continue to give teams more control over customizing their reports and visualizations.
Christine Sotelo
March 29, 2023•
Analysis
The Power of Advanced Analytics: Why Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore itHere's how advanced analytics can result in some of the most important strategic decisions for a business.
Lucas Stewart
March 27, 2023•
Analysis
Agile Analytics: Why You Should Embrace Incremental ShipmentsAgile analytics gives both data teams and business teams more success.
Mark Simborg
March 13, 2023•
Analysis
8 Points Stakeholders Should Consider When Buying a BI ToolCan your BI tool let stakeholders service their own organizational needs?
Jessica Schimm
March 11, 2023•
Analysis
Webinar Recap: dbt + Mode on Semantic LayersWe hosted a webinar with dbt to unpack semantics layers. Here's the recap!
Lucas Stewart
February 14, 2023•
Analysis
Why You Need Ad Hoc Analysis and ReportingAd hoc reporting & analysis is a process of investigating one-off questions that don’t already exist in a dashboard.
Lucas Stewart, Benn Stancil, Jessica Schimm
February 6, 2023•
Analysis
Why You Need a Long-Tail ETL Connector (do something kind for yourself)You don’t have time to build bespoke ETL solutions for all your company’s specialized tools. Save your team time, use a long-tail ETL…
Ethan Aaron
February 6, 2023•
Mode updates
Product Updates: January 2023See what's new with our visualizations, functions for analyst team efficiency and more.
Katie Paxson Flynn
February 3, 2023•
Analysis
Data Integrity: What it Looks Like and How it Builds Trust in Data TeamsData integrity is the process of keeping data accurate, complete, and secure. Learn how data integrity builds trust in your data.
Lucas Stewart
January 20, 2023•
Analysis
What Is Embedded Analytics? A PrimerLearn how embedded analytics can be an important tool in scaling analyst-vetted data across your organization.
Laura Dambrosio
January 14, 2023•
Analysis
Adam Smith on Why Imperfect Foods’ Data Team Is Now Leading From the Center of the OrganizationHere's how Imperfect Foods is driving impact with a centralized data team structure.
Jessica Schimm
January 11, 2023•
Analysis
Best Excel Alternatives for Data AnalystsExcel spreadsheets mostly do the job—until they don't. Today's analysts need solutions for the big data era and features that support data…
Laura Dambrosio
January 10, 2023•
Mode updates
Mode’s dbt Integration vs Datasets: How They’re Different and When You Should Use ThemOur dbt Integration and Datasets features both ensure that folks are using the right metrics across your org—but have different use cases…
Benn Stancil
January 5, 2023•
Analysis
Why Centralize Data?Centralized data can reduce cost, increase data culture, and help increase the organization’s collective knowledge.
Jenn Daugherty
January 3, 2023•
Mode updates
Looker vs. Tableau: A ComparisonLearn about the strengths and differences of Tableau, Looker, and ...ourselves—Mode, by how we see everyone's position in the market.
Laura Dambrosio
December 22, 2022•
Mode updates
Mode CEO Gaurav Rewari On Why the Future of Modern BI Is Now and at Mode“It was clear to me that digital natives are using Mode to provide BI today in a way that the rest of the world would tomorrow.”
Gaurav Rewari
December 17, 2022•
Analysis
Why Today’s Companies Need Collaborative Data AnalysisThe richest data insights are generated through collaboration, with shared context from teams around the organization. Learn how to get your…
Jenn Daugherty
December 15, 2022•
Mode updates
Mode's Diversity Report for Q3, 2022Having an inclusive culture and diverse team is important to us at Mode. Here are our latest diversity numbers.
Derek Steer
December 13, 2022•
Mode updates
The Next Chapter: Modern BI, with Data Teams at the CenterWelcome to the new Mode.
Emily Ritter
December 5, 2022•
Mode updates
Now Live: Datasets, Curated Building Blocks for Self-Service Data ExplorationDatasets power data exploration and self-service reporting for every team.
Samantha Novak
December 4, 2022•
Analysis
What is Data Exploration?When you can see your data in new ways, using a highly flexible environment, you can drive insights across an organization in sort of a data…
Jessica Schimm (Senior Manager, Content) and Mark Simborg
November 21, 2022•
Analysis
KPI Reporting & Metrics Tracking: Everything You Need to KnowA basic overview of KPIs and the value of KPI reports.
Justin Reynolds
November 4, 2022•
Mode updates
How Our Partnerships Improve Data Quality and Usability For the Modern Data StackHere's an update on Mode's partnerships that will ultimately help improve data quality and usability in the modern data stack.
Gaurav Rewari
October 27, 2022•
Mode updates
Mode's Diversity Report for Q2, 2022Having an inclusive culture and diverse team is important to us at Mode. Here are our latest diversity numbers.
Derek Steer
October 26, 2022•
Analysis
Why Context is Queen for Data Teams & Stakeholders Defining Metrics TogetherHow data teams and stakeholders can work together to define metrics.
Emily Ritter
October 21, 2022•
Mode updates
Mode’s dbt Semantic Layer Integration Ensures Trusted, Explorable Metrics, Every TimeMode’s integration allows data teams to automatically extend their dbt work into Mode, ensuring confident data exploration company-wide.
Neha Hystad
October 18, 2022•
Mode updates
The Future of BI, Powered by dbt’s Semantic LayerGone are the days of worrying about the logic in one report drifting out of date. Here's how our new integration with dbt's semantic layer…
Benn Stancil
October 18, 2022•
Data Teams
Data Analyst Interview Questions: How to Interview a Data AnalystAsking the right type of interview questions is essential to finding a great data analyst fit for your team.
Chioma Dunkley
October 5, 2022•
Analysis
ETL Tools Guide: Find an ETL Solution for Your Analytics Stack [2023]Need a checklist to assess your ETL purchase? We got you covered in this buyer's guide.
Justin Reynolds
September 28, 2022•
Analysis
What is Report Automation? How Can it Increase Data-Driven Decisions?Automating reports can make data more accessible and businesses more data-driven. Read on for our tips.
Chioma Dunkley
September 22, 2022•
Analysis
How KPI Dashboards Can Enable Alignment Across the OrgThe benefits of company-wide KPI dashboards.
Jessica Schimm (Senior Content Marketing Manager) and Oona Pecson
September 19, 2022•
Analysis
How to Become a Data-Driven CompanyHere's what building a data-driven organization takes, with step-by-step actions.
Justin Reynolds
August 29, 2022•
Analysis
Predicting & Preventing Churn: Building a Churn Prediction ModelWe've built some successful churn prediction models at Mode—now, we're sharing what we've learned to predict churn effectively.
Chioma Dunkley
August 22, 2022•
Analysis
The State of Self-Service AnalyticsThe pressure is on for data teams to deliver business insights at scale. Is self-service analytics the answer?
Laura Dambrosio
August 10, 2022•
Analysis
Product Metrics: Where to Start and Why They MatterGet a basic primer on product metrics and the value they can generate across a company.
Chioma Dunkley
August 8, 2022•
Mode updates
How We’re Working With TriNet in Response to the Overturn of Roe v. WadePhysical and psychological safety for all of our employees is a non-negotiable for us. Here’s what we’re doing about the overturn of Roe v…
Derek Steer
July 26, 2022•
Analysis
The Modern Data Stack Guide for 2023A modern data stack helps data teams, and the rest of their company, stay competitive and data-driven. Learn why it’s the best choice for…
Chris Moffitt, Laura Dambrosio, Jessica Schimm, Chioma Dunkley
July 12, 2022•
Mode updates
Mode's Diversity Report for Q1, 2022Having an inclusive culture and diverse team is important to us at Mode. Here are our latest diversity numbers.
Derek Steer
June 9, 2022•
Data Teams
Using Data to Navigate Through Economic UncertaintyThis guide is designed to help you navigate the challenges that arise in major economic shifts or rapid change.
Jessica Schimm
June 2, 2022•
Analysis
How Business Teams Can Take Advantage of ModeStarting with Visual Explorer, we’re going to walk through ways you can use Mode to explore reports.
Chioma Dunkley
May 27, 2022•
Data Teams
4 Criteria to Use When Evaluating a BI Tool For ScaleIf you are struggling to bring together and analyze data, it’s probably a sign you need an advanced analytics tool. What you need is not…
Chioma Dunkley
May 5, 2022•
Analysis
Cohort Analysis: An Introductory Guide for Better RetentionCohort analysis is the process of breaking up users into cohorts and examining their behavior and trends over time.
Chioma Dunkley
March 29, 2022•
Analysis
Tableau Competitors and AlternativesLearn about Tableau alternatives and how it compares to Mode.
Justin Reynolds
March 16, 2022•
Analysis
Who’s Behind the Numbers? A Conversation with Hassan Kibirige, Creator of PlotnineWe are excited to highlight Hassan Kibirige, creator of Plotnine, to learn more about his data journey and how he ended up creating the…
Chioma Dunkley
March 8, 2022•
Mode updates
New Features in Visual Explorer Are HereWith these new releases, you can now see Grand Totals, sort even more granularly, and adjust column widths for better presentation views.
Nathan Bao
March 4, 2022•
Analysis
Who’s Behind the Numbers? A Conversation with Dr. Angela Baltes—Data Scientist, Informaticist & Senior Research AnalystWe are excited to start this series by highlighting Dr. Angela Baltes—a Data Scientist, Informaticist, and Senior Research Analyst.
Chioma Dunkley
February 15, 2022•
Mode updates
Mode's Diversity Report for Q4, 2021Having an inclusive culture and diverse team is important to us at Mode. Here are our latest diversity numbers.
Derek Steer
February 7, 2022• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Visual Explorer for Executives and StakeholdersDiscover how Visual Explorer can make your team work more efficiently.
James Locus
February 2, 2022•
Mode updates
Introducing our new CEO, Gaurav RewariToday, we welcome Gaurav Rewari as Mode’s new CEO.
Derek Steer & Gaurav Rewari
January 11, 2022• 3 minute read
Analysis
Tableau Vs Power BI: a Complete BreakdownLearn more about what these tools offer, how they compare with each other, and why it could make sense to explore an alternative option like…
Laura Dambrosio
January 6, 2022•
Mode updates
See Mode’s Visual Explorer in Action [Webinar]Get a tour of Visual Explorer and see how it makes data exploration easier.
James Locus
January 5, 2022• 2 minute read
Analysis
How to Master Anti Joins and Apply Them to Business ProblemsHow to perform an anti join using LEFT JOIN and WHERE. Plus three examples of using anti joins in business scenarios.
Joel Carron
January 4, 2022•
Mode updates
Connecting Your Data to Charts for More Expressive InsightsWith Visual Explorer, analysts can customize their visualizations to help stakeholders better understand their data.
James Locus
December 14, 2021• 2 minute read
Visualization
Violin Plots 101: Visualizing Distribution and Probability DensityA violin plot is a hybrid of a box plot & a kernel density plot, which shows peaks in the data. Learn the various types & discover tools to…
Joel Carron
December 13, 2021• 5 minute read
Analysis
How to Switch from Excel to SQLLearning SQL is easy when you know Excel. Learn how to make the transition in this guided example & seriously speed up your workflow.
Melissa Bierly
December 10, 2021•
Mode updates
Introducing Visual Explorer for Data ExplorationYou can now explore your data faster in Mode with Visual Explorer, our new flexible visualization system.
James Locus
December 6, 2021• 3 minute read
Analysis
Group By in SQL and Python: a ComparisonAnalysts and data scientists with a deep understanding of multiple analytical programming languages find themselves at an advantage in today…
David Wallace
December 3, 2021• 11 minute read
Visualization
9 Useful R Data Visualization Packages for Data VisualizationFor new R coders, CRAN’s repository may seem overwhelming. Here’s an overview of 9 useful interdisciplinary R data visualization packages to…
Asha Hill
December 1, 2021•
Mode updates
Mode's Diversity Report for Q3, 2021Having an inclusive culture and diverse team is important to us at Mode. Here are our latest diversity numbers.
Bailey Douglass
November 5, 2021• 2 minute read
Analysis
Here's Our Take On Prescriptive Analytics and How Helped us Plan Rapidly During the Uncertainty of 2020In 2020, Mode used prescriptive analytics to field turbulent economic conditions; here’s a closer look at what we did and how it helped us…
Rochel Maday
October 28, 2021•
Analysis
Analyzing JSON data with SQLUse SQL to manipulate & restructure JSON data and streamline your analytical workflow. This process makes it easy to repeat analysis…
Nathan Vos
October 25, 2021• 5 minute read
Visualization
12 Python Data Visualization Libraries to Explore for Business AnalysisThis list is an overview of 10 interdisciplinary Python data visualization libraries including matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, Bokeh, pygal…
Melissa Bierly
October 22, 2021•
Analysis
Looker Alternatives and CompetitorsLearn about Looker alternatives.
Justin Reynolds
October 14, 2021•
Mode updates
Now Live: Scale Data Collaboration Securely with Collection PermissionsEnsure that the right teams have the right level of access to data with granular Collection permissions.
Ethan Alter
September 7, 2021• 4 minute read
Mode updates
Mode's Diversity Report for Q2, 2021Having an inclusive culture and diverse team is important to us at Mode. Here are our latest diversity numbers.
Bailey Douglass
August 6, 2021• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Mode is Certified Redshift ReadyMode has achieved the Amazon Redshift Ready designation, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Service Ready Program.
Ethan Alter
June 29, 2021• 1 minute read
Mode updates
How Our Award-Winning Customer Support Team Built a Best-in-Class Tech StackWe’re pulling the curtains back on the tech stack for our award-winning customer success team.
Jessica Schimm
June 28, 2021• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Measure Your Mode Usage with Discovery DatabaseMode now offers two methods for admins to measure how their organization uses Mode: Discovery Database and Discovery API.
Nate Coleman
June 15, 2021• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Now Live: Mode University + Revamped Help and SupportGet more out of Mode with the help of Mode University and our new revamped Help + Support site.
Ethan Alter
June 8, 2021• 1 minute read
Analysis
Types of Product Usage SegmentationUsers will teach us more about our own product than any amount of self-study possibly could. Here's a closer look at product segmentation.
Ethan Alter
May 18, 2021•
Mode updates
Mode's Diversity Report for Q1, 2021Having an inclusive culture and diverse team is important to us at Mode. Here are our latest diversity numbers.
Bailey Douglass
May 5, 2021• 2 minute read
Analysis
Choosing an ETL ToolFor most companies, essential data starts its life in all sorts of silos. Many businesses are running on a growing range of SaaS platforms…
Benn Stancil
April 15, 2021• false minute read
Mode updates
Now Live: Data Freshness Integration With dbtWe're partnering with dbt from Fishtown Analytics to help users better understand data freshness when viewing reports in Mode.
James Locus
April 12, 2021• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Now Live: Create Calculated Fields in ExplorationsThis new release allows you to create new calculated fields within Explorations that don't impact the underlying report.
Katie Paxson Flynn
April 6, 2021• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Mode’s Diversity Report for Q4, 2020Having an inclusive culture and diverse team is important to us at Mode. Here are our latest diversity numbers.
Bailey Douglass
March 24, 2021• 2 minute read
Analysis
How to Avoid Inflated A/B Test ResultsOur A/B tests could be leading us astray. If we understand and account for the statistical significance filter, we can get more trustworthy…
Julia Glick
March 19, 2021• 4 minute read
Mode updates
Mode’s Customer Support Team Brings Home a Gold Stevie® Award for Customer SupportWe're excited to announce that Mode's Senior Manager of Customer Support and Success Operations, Asha Hill, has been recognized for her team…
Rebecca West
February 3, 2021• 2 minute read
Mode updates
The Case for Humility, aka: “Keep doing nothing, Bindu”Humility is not always celebrated in tech, but it should be.
Maura Ginty
January 22, 2021• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Core Concepts: Create a Single Source of Truth for Your DataWe built a single source of truth for Mode's data and can help you with yours in a new promotion through the end of January 2021.
Mode
December 22, 2020•
Mode updates
Webinar recap: Datasets that we wanted to take a second look at in 2020Our data crew shared datasets that left a lasting impact on them this year and why. We’ve recapped some of the highlights.
Lilianna Hogan
December 22, 2020• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Mode’s Diversity Report for Q3, 2020Here are the self-reported diversity statistics of our team at the end of Q3 in 2020.
Bailey Douglass
December 16, 2020• 2 minute read
Analysis
(At Least) 5 Ways Data Analysis Improves Product DevelopmentTraditional BI tools are great at answering static questions, but not the big-picture questions that determine your product roadmap.
Maura Ginty
December 8, 2020•
Mode updates
We Can’t Reverse the Division of Our Country Without America’s Corporations"Consider this a call to my fellow CEOs: let’s acknowledge that politics exist in the workplace. Let’s shape our companies to deliberately…
Derek Steer and Benn Stancil
November 22, 2020• 5 minute read
Analysis
Lessons Data Teams Can Learn From the 2020 Election PollsHas polling played too big of a role in our elections? And similarly, how much weight should data have in our business decisions?
Nate Coleman
November 13, 2020• 4 minute read
Analysis
Now Live: Analytic Functions in Calculated FieldsAnalytic functions make Calculated Fields even more powerful by allowing you to calculate metrics based on specified partitions of your data…
Ying Luo
September 23, 2020• 4 minute read
Mode updates
Mode’s Diversity Report for Q2, 2020Having an inclusive culture and diverse team is important to us at Mode. To hold ourselves accountable to improve representation at all…
Bailey Douglass
September 15, 2020• 1 minute read
Mode updates
Now Live: Easy Python Library Updates With Python EdgeToday we’re launching Python Edge to create a smoother experience when Python library updates occur.
Hien Phan
August 18, 2020• 1 minute read
Mode updates
Now Live: Mode’s Explorations Introduce Collaborative Self-Serve BIWe’ve launched Explorations—a new feature to help you collaborate with your domain experts for better analysis.
Katie Paxson Flynn
August 12, 2020• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Announcing Our Series DWe just closed a round of Series D funding. We couldn’t achieve this without our incredible network of investors, customers, employees, and…
Derek Steer
August 6, 2020•
Mode updates
Now Live: Get Faster Insights With Calculated Fields in ModeToday, we’re launching Calculated Fields to improve your workflow, extend your analysis, and explore data faster.
Katie Paxson Flynn
August 3, 2020• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Now Live: New Features to Help You Manage Users and Discover Data at ScaleToday’s releases create more efficiency in admin workflows and enhance your ability to manage data and metadata at scale. We’re excited to…
Katie Paxson Flynn
July 27, 2020• 3 minute read
Analysis
The Top 5 Most Popular Window Functions and How to Use ThemThe data team at Mode loves SQL. We code it, write about it, and empower people to use it all over the world. In that vein, we thought it…
Nate Coleman
July 23, 2020•
Data Teams
How Five Data Leaders Are Leading Teams Through the PandemicMode interviewed five data leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic to discuss their strategies for maneuvering through a crisis.
Jessica Schimm
July 15, 2020• 1 minute read
Analysis
How to Do Linear Regression in SQL"We’ve all had to work with simpler tools than we might like from time to time, and I have gotten a lot of mileage out of doing regression…
Julia Glick
June 29, 2020• 2 minute read
Analysis
Use Common Table Expressions (CTE) to Keep Your SQL CleanAt Mode, we put a lot of emphasis on writing good, clean SQL. As a collaborative team, it’s important that our queries can be easily read…
Joel Carron
June 16, 2020• 4 minute read
Mode updates
Our Stance on Racial InjusticeMode stands with Black communities. We stand with our Black team members. But saying this alone is not enough.
Mode
June 5, 2020• 1 minute read
Analysis
Newly Remote Workers Left Internet Explorer at the OfficeAs COVID-19 caused many people to start working from home, we observed an interesting trend: a steep decline in the rate of web traffic to…
Joel Carron
May 27, 2020• 1 minute read
Analysis
Reassessing Customer Health Scores in a Fluctuating MarketHere’s how we launched a volatility-driven customer health score model in days, not weeks.
Lizz Harrell
May 21, 2020• 4 minute read
Data Teams
You... May Enjoy These Recent Mode Product EnhancementsWe’d like to spotlight some new analytics workflow enhancements and improvements to managing large organizations in Mode.
Mike DeCarlo
May 5, 2020• 3 minute read
Analysis
13 Shortcuts for Mode Power UsersHave a lot of analysis to get through? Here’s a quick list of handy shortcuts for Mode power users.
Sam Novak
April 27, 2020• 5 minute read
Mode updates
Just When You Thought You Had It All: Homeschooling + WorkingWorking and parenting at the same time is tough. We love and adore our children and are simultaneously sharing strategies in Slack about on…
Maura Ginty
April 14, 2020• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Leading by Example: How Mode Customers are Giving Back in Trying TimesWe’re proud of these customers that have pivoted quickly to help their communities and ease new realities.
Jessica Schimm
April 9, 2020• 2 minute read
Mode updates
We're Sharing Our Slack Guidelines and How They're Helping in an All-Remote CultureOur CEO rolled out internal Slack guidelines in January not realizing how critical they would be today. We're publishing them now to be…
Derek Steer
April 8, 2020•
Mode updates
An Analyst’s Perspective on COVID-19’s Economic Impact on BusinessesIn a previous life, Mode's co-founder and president worked as an economic analyst studying the 2008 financial crisis. Here is his assessment…
Benn Stancil
March 25, 2020• 12 minute read
Mode updates
COVID-19: We Don't Work AloneIn the weeks and months to come, all of Mode is aligned to help our users and your communities.
Derek Steer
March 19, 2020• 2 minute read
Mode updates
How Mode Went Completely Remote in 36 Hours, and 7 Tips We Learned Along the WayWe rounded up our top seven learnings on how to transition a multi-city company to a completely remote workforce in 36 hours.
Maura Ginty
March 12, 2020• 4 minute read
Analysis
A Dispassionate Examination of the Empirical Evidence Regarding Positional Punctuation in SQL"As data scientists, our work sways elections; our models move markets; our recommendations launch and dismantle businesses. In positions of…
Benn Stancil
January 9, 2020• 5 minute read
Analysis
How to Demystify Skewed Data and Deliver AnalysisOur data doesn’t always look nice and clean. Mode's Data Scientist, Nate Coleman, shows us how visualizing distributions can tell us if our…
Nate Coleman
December 20, 2019•
Mode updates
Design Systems are for EveryoneHere at Mode, we’ve recently started building a design system to support our organization. Design systems have been a hot topic of…
Anthony Simone
October 29, 2019• 20 minute read
Mode updates
Announcing Helix: Closing the Data DivideSince its inception, Mode has been for data scientists and analysts. As former data scientists, my cofounders and I started Mode with the…
Benn Stancil
October 8, 2019• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Embedding Data Protection by Design in Analytics ServicesAs an analytics platform, Mode operates in a very contentious space with respect to data protection and privacy. In fact, data analytics and…
Rafae Bhatti
September 30, 2019• 4 minute read
Data Teams
3 Tips for Effective Data Science ProcessesHere are some quick notes on how to accelerate your data science efforts for a larger impact.
Benn Stancil
September 19, 2019• 1 minute read
Analysis
How Mode and intermix.io Deliver Fast Queries on Amazon RedshiftLars Kamp is the Co-Founder & Chief Data Engineer at intermix.io where he helps customers optimize Amazon Redshift and their analytics…
Lars Kamp
September 17, 2019• 4 minute read
Mode updates
Hack Days at ModeWhen the idea of instituting regular hack days began at Mode several years ago, it started—as it does for many companies—as a way to break…
Curtis Mitchell
September 16, 2019• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Learning Mode’s Ruby codebase through its GemfileWhat is the most efficient way to wrap your head around an unfamiliar codebase?
Max Edmands
September 9, 2019• 4 minute read
Mode updates
Gems We LoveAt Mode, we have an interview question we often use during phone screens for engineering candidates which is “What is an example of a…
Ushashi Chakraborty
August 25, 2019• 5 minute read
Mode updates
1,000,000x Improvement to Your Data Application Stack with the Switch FrameworkJosh Ferguson, Cofounder and Chief Architect at Mode, recently gave a talk at Data Council introducing our framework for building data…
Paul Thurlow
August 19, 2019• 1 minute read
Mode updates
What Really Matters: Our Favorite Mode ValuesAt Mode, we make decisions while staying true to our company values. We asked few of our engineers and engineering leaders about the values…
Ushashi Chakraborty
August 5, 2019• 4 minute read
Data Teams
4 Lessons to Keep Your Data Model Under ControlA data model defines how an organization's various data sources are organized, related, and accessed. As data sources are added and…
Joel Carron
May 2, 2019• 3 minute read
Data Teams
Get More Done With the New API Cookbook and Developer DocsToday, we're announcing the newly-designed Mode developer site. The new site contains extensive documentation of commonly used API endpoints…
Leqi Long
March 27, 2019• 2 minute read
Data Teams
Using Empathy to Communicate Your AnalysisAs analysts and data scientists, we have to make our work compelling and persuasive to change the way our organizations think. It can be…
Benn Stancil
March 5, 2019•
Data Teams
The Problem With Hands-Off AnalyticsA hands-off approach would seem reckless for questions about things like security. And yet that approach is not just the norm for analytical…
Benn Stancil
February 14, 2019• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Mode Has Raised a Series C!There's a fundamental change taking place in the way that organizations make decisions. For analysts and data scientists, the days of being…
Derek Steer
February 12, 2019• 2 minute read
Data Teams
How Data Analysts Can Ship Value Quickly on the First Week of the JobToday, analysts themselves can get an entire data infrastructure up and running in 30 minutes.
Benn Stancil
January 24, 2019•
Data Teams
Overplanned Analytics Initiatives Are Doomed to FailOne of the most common reasons an organization reaches out to Mode is that they're about to begin investing in analytics, and they want our…
Benn Stancil
January 14, 2019•
Data Teams
How to Develop the Five Soft Skills That Will Make You a Great AnalystAnalysts often assume that the best way to advance their careers or provide more value is to improve their technical chops. While it's true…
Derek Steer
December 4, 2018• 10 minute read
Analysis
Chess Fans Booed This Year's World Championship, but Computers CheeredThe World Chess Championship 2018, a match between reigning champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Fabiano Caruana, just came to a…
Joel Carron
November 28, 2018• 4 minute read
Analysis
Don't Choose Dashboards Over AnalysisWhen we talk to analytics teams about what they're working on and what big projects are coming up, this is a common refrain we hear: “Right…
Benn Stancil
November 2, 2018• 2 minute read
Analysis
How to Make Your Product FreemiumIn case you missed it, we launched a free product earlier this year, Mode Studio. Free products aren't common in the world of analytics…
Benn Stancil
October 25, 2018• 8 minute read
Mode updates
The Role of an Analyst in the Age of the Citizen Data ScientistAnytime you look for patterns in previous experiences, or make a tradeoff between one option and another, you're analyzing something. This…
Derek Steer
September 25, 2018• 2 minute read
Mode updates
More Cool Public Datasets and Lots of Ideas for Exploring ThemA few weeks ago, Google announced a new feature, Dataset Search, that aims to make it easier for anyone to discover public datasets…
Asha Hill
September 18, 2018• 8 minute read
Analysis
JOINs in SQL, Python, and RThe internet is awash in Venn diagrams of SQL JOINs and explanations of why they're necessary. Though it would be nice if we could answer…
Sadavath Sharma
September 12, 2018• 7 minute read
Analysis
4 Things You Should Stop Doing in SQL and Start Doing in PythonAs analysts, we know that each question we ask of our data can be answered with multiple potential languages and toolkits. Each language has…
Sadavath Sharma
August 30, 2018• 5 minute read
Mode updates
Get More From Your Salesforce Data: 4 SQL Queries to Write FirstIf your company is one of the thousands using Salesforce on a daily basis, their customer-relations management (CRM) tool is a treasure…
Sadavath Sharma
August 16, 2018•
Data Teams
How We Learn Analytical Skills on the Job: Christin Price in FinanceAny time you look for patterns in previous experiences or make a tradeoff between one option and another, you're working with analytical…
Liam Hausmann
August 14, 2018• 4 minute read
Data Teams
How We Learn Analytical Skills on the Job: Brian LibickiAt Mode, we believe everyone is analytical. Any time you look for patterns in previous experiences, or make a tradeoff between one option…
Liam Hausmann
August 9, 2018• 4 minute read
Data Teams
How We Learn Analytical Skills on the Job: Alexa GuerraAt Mode, we believe everyone is analytical. Any time you look for patterns in previous experiences, or make a tradeoff between one option…
Liam Hausmann
August 7, 2018• 3 minute read
Analysis
Knowing Your Blindspot as an AnalystBefore starting Mode, I was an analyst. It's embarrassing to admit, but at the time, I thought I had all the answers. I thought that being…
Derek Steer
July 30, 2018• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Summertime Gladness: Mode Gets BetterWe are always looking for ways to improve Mode. Sometimes this means adding completely new features, but other times this means taking a…
Katie Lane
July 25, 2018• 2 minute read
Data Teams
3 Analytics Leaders on Building Efficient TeamsWhat makes an analytics team great? To find out, we interviewed the leaders of three. Our discussion ranged from team structure, to mission…
Tayler Mehit
July 18, 2018• 5 minute read
Data Teams
The Big Four Reasons Companies Struggle to Hire Data TalentBetween the thousands of data scientists, analysts and others who use Mode every day, and the hundreds of companies that run their…
Derek Steer
July 11, 2018• 4 minute read
Visualization
12 Extensions to ggplot2 for More Powerful R VisualizationsWe're featuring 12 of our favorite ggplot2 extensions, to help you add more power and polish to your ggplots—or just to make them easier to…
Asha Hill
July 2, 2018• 12 minute read
Analysis
3 Weird Analytical Practices at ModeFor many of Mode's employees, this is their first job at an analytics company. Those team members often assume that Mode's internal…
Tayler Mehit
June 25, 2018• 5 minute read
Data Teams
The Future of Data Engineering is the Convergence of DisciplinesJasmine Tsai got her first taste of data engineering through a common gateway: she was tasked with a data project as a software engineer…
Liam Hausmann
June 7, 2018• 7 minute read
Analysis
Introducing Plotly for R in ModePlotly lets analysts and developers create powerful interactive visualizations, whether offline or right in your browser. Plotly.R is now…
Marissa Gemma
May 30, 2018• 2 minute read
Data Teams
How to Attract Top Data Science Talent: Lessons from 1,400+ Insight FellowsWhen Jake Klamka founded Insight Data Science in 2011, the term “data science” had a much different understanding in the private sector than…
Liam Hausmann
May 1, 2018• 9 minute read
Analysis
7 R Data Science Influencers to FollowAmong data scientists and analysts, R has long held its own against Python in the battle to determine the “best” analytical programming…
Marissa Gemma
April 25, 2018• 6 minute read
Analysis
Announcing R and Mode Studio: A Free Toolkit for Every AnalystFour years ago, Mode set out to build the best data platform for every analyst in the world. Since then, we've seen more and more people…
Derek Steer
April 17, 2018• 3 minute read
Analysis
3 Industry Leaders on the Future of Data ToolingSpecialized tooling has proliferated the data engineering community. This trend is growing, and the data infrastructures of modern…
David Wallace
April 10, 2018• 5 minute read
Analysis
The (Data Science) Notebook: A Love StoryComputational notebooks for data science have exploded in popularity in recent years, and there's a growing consensus that the notebook…
David Wallace
April 2, 2018• 6 minute read
Data Teams
5 Data Scientists on Making the Leap from Academia to IndustryAs an academic discipline, data science is bigger than ever, and still growing. Inside Higher Ed recently reported that 303 new accredited…
Marissa Gemma
March 28, 2018• 8 minute read
Analysis
Set Operations in SQL and Python: a ComparisonAs an analyst or data scientist, developing a deep understanding of multiple analytical programming languages can create an advantage in…
David Wallace
March 22, 2018• 6 minute read
Mode updates
Delivering Embedded Analytics With WordpressThe collection and analysis of user data by software companies is key part of the product development process. User data is valuable to more…
Emily Ritter
March 19, 2018• 2 minute read
Analysis
Styling Analysis with PythonPython's powerful data analysis capabilities are loved the world over. When it comes time to share findings with your team, taking a few…
David Wallace
March 14, 2018• 2 minute read
Analysis
How Facebook Made Business Forecasting Scalable for the Masses with ProphetIt's time to add forecasting to your data team's tool kit. Mode notebooks now support Prophet, a powerful forecasting library for Python and…
David Wallace
March 6, 2018• 3 minute read
Visualization
8 Great In-App Analytics Pages in B2B SoftwareUsage data is like gold for software development teams. Software companies are constantly analyzing user behavior to create valuable insight…
Liam Hausmann
February 28, 2018• 5 minute read
Data Teams
Resources for Data Science Job SeekersGetting your first job in data science can be a full-time job all on its own. Simply finding a job post worth applying to can be a chaotic…
Sadavath Sharma
February 12, 2018• 6 minute read
Analysis
How to Create a Great In-App Analytics PageSo you've built a software product, and you have some users. You're generating data about how users interact with your product. You want to…
Joel Carron
February 1, 2018•
Visualization
Drill Deeper, Make Better DecisionsNow, before going back to the analyst to ask your next big game-changing question, you can answer more of the simple stuff on your own—right…
Emily Ritter
January 30, 2018• 2 minute read
Analysis
Python and SQL Intersection in AnalyticsA look at recent trends in the data science and analytics landscape shows it’s becoming increasingly advantageous to have a deep…
David Wallace
January 23, 2018• 5 minute read
Analysis
Window Functions in Python and SQLAs an analyst or data scientist, it’s becoming increasingly advantageous to have a deep understanding of multiple analytical programming…
David Wallace
January 23, 2018• 8 minute read
Visualization
How Mode's User Stats Page Can Answer Customer Questions While Increasing Feature UseAnalysts and product teams now work together to build White-Label Embeds that solve all sorts of data delivery use cases. Most commonly…
Joel Carron
January 18, 2018• 4 minute read
Data Teams
How Quora’s Head of Data Science Conducts Candidate InterviewsEric Mayefsky, head of data science at Quora, has assessed hundreds of job candidates in his half decade in management at various tech…
Liam Hausmann
January 16, 2018• 10 minute read
Analysis
Scaling Event Tables with Redshift SpectrumWe here at Mode Analytics have been Amazon Redshift users for about 4 years. Redshift enables and optimizes complex analytical SQL queries…
David Wallace
January 11, 2018• 5 minute read
Analysis
35 New and Improved Python Libraries in ModeJust in time to make good on New Year's resolutions, today we're releasing a major upgrade to Mode's Python Notebooks: support for over 2…
Marissa Gemma
January 9, 2018• 2 minute read
Analysis
In Early-Stage Analytics, Decide and Move ForwardIn this day and age, every company needs an analytical decision-making culture. Every company needs to be data-driven. And not someday…
David Wallace
January 4, 2018• 3 minute read
Mode updates
AWS re:Invent 2017: Freedom (and Frameworks) to BuildThis year's annual AWS re:Invent conference was full of exciting product announcements. From long-awaited crowd-pleasers such as Elastic…
David Wallace
December 18, 2017• 4 minute read
Analysis
Analyzing Customer Success Performance With 3D VisualizationCustomer success teams are a central pillar of recurring-revenue businesses. Great customer success teams help users get the highest…
Joel Carron
December 14, 2017•
Analysis
Molecule's Embedded Analytics & Updates to White-Label EmbedsLast year, we launched White-Label Embeds to provide a secure and seamless way to serve data to customers as a part of any application. Our…
Angeline Char
December 12, 2017• 1 minute read
Analysis
Designing An Analytics Stack Like We Design Software2017 feels like a turning point for the analytics community—everyone seems to be talking about the sudden proliferation of analytics tools…
David Wallace
December 6, 2017• 7 minute read
Mode updates
7 Python Data Science Influencers to FollowA few months ago, Stack Overflow confirmed what many people have been predicting for years, and crowned Python king of the software jungle…
Marissa Gemma
November 29, 2017• 7 minute read
Mode updates
Amazon Redshift Improvements & re:Invent 2017Amazon Redshift users got a nice surprise last month when AWS announced their new Dense Compute (DC2) nodes, providing up to twice the…
David Wallace
November 22, 2017• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Mode's Python Notebooks now support the Requests libraryMode is the only analytics platform with native support for Python Notebooks. For the last year and a half, Mode users have been rapidly…
Angeline Char
November 21, 2017• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Webhooks and the Mode API are hereAnalysts turn to Mode as the toolkit of choice for their work: SQL and Python-powered data exploration, visualization, and advanced…
David Wallace
November 16, 2017• 2 minute read
Analysis
Query Your S3 Data with Amazon Athena and ModeConnect Mode to Amazon Athena to explore data stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). An interactive query service that…
Angeline Char
October 26, 2017• 1 minute read
Data Teams
How to Job Interview a Data ScientistHiring a data scientist can be a tricky process. The actual definition of “Data Scientist” is vague, the day-to-day job of someone with…
Derek Steer
October 24, 2017• 6 minute read
Visualization
How to Use Your Brand's Color Palette in Data VisualizationsThe applications of color theory in business are vast. One of the most useful applications of color theory is the visualization and…
Samantha Novak
October 12, 2017• 7 minute read
Visualization
Custom Chart Colors and Brand New PalettesColors are key to understanding data visualizations. They represent your data and guide people through charts and dashboards, making them…
Angeline Char
October 11, 2017• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Better Admin Controls with Query HeadersEarlier this week, we released visualization filters that allow everyone on Mode to interact more deeply with dashboards to find new answers…
Angeline Char
September 28, 2017• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Product Update: Visualization FiltersOver the last few months, we've been heads down building new power into Mode to help everyone explore data. Earlier this summer we released…
Angeline Char
September 26, 2017• 2 minute read
Mode updates
How to Find the Best Data JobsPairing great data talent with great data jobs As an analyst, finding a great job can be tough. We're all too familiar with this here at…
Liam Hausmann
September 14, 2017• 4 minute read
Mode updates
WrangleConf 2017: Facing bias, ethical obligation, and your audienceAs it has in previous years, WrangleConf 2017 brought to the foreground some of the most pressing issues for data scientists today. While…
Cindy Willis-Chun
July 26, 2017• 6 minute read
Visualization
Brand. New. Charts.Phase II of this summer's code-free data exploration rollout is now live: drag-and-drop data exploration.
Emily Ritter
July 13, 2017• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Filters: Fast, Easy Data ExplorationA couple of weeks ago we announced a series of new code-free data exploration features to let everyone find answers hidden in data. The…
Emily Ritter
May 31, 2017•
Mode updates
Two Big Leaps ForwardThere's a common misconception that an analyst's work is lonely. That we're mad scientists off in a corner somewhere crunching numbers in…
Derek Steer
May 16, 2017• 2 minute read
Mode updates
4 Design Tips for TV-Ready DashboardsDesigning dashboards for display around the office introduces unique challenges for effectively communicating insights. The dashboards need…
Nick Binder
May 11, 2017• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Dashboards That DeliverDashboards. They're the best way to keep every team focused on goals and provide critical context for your business as a whole. While not as…
Nick Binder
May 3, 2017• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Custom Data Visualizations in the WorkplaceAnalysts at companies of all sizes are pushing beyond ordinary dashboards and charts, using custom data visualizations to deliver high…
Nick Binder
April 6, 2017• 2 minute read
Analysis
Using dbt and Mode to Help Eko Rebuild its Analytics StackYou might not have heard of Eko, but chances are you’ve interacted with their content. Eko has pioneered the medium of interactive video and…
Drew Banin
April 5, 2017• 4 minute read
Visualization
25+ Resources to Learn D3.js from ScratchFrom streamgraphs to voronoi to polar clocks, there's essentially no limit to the types of data visualizations you can make with the…
Melissa Bierly
March 14, 2017• 6 minute read
Visualization
Taking Data Viz to the Next LevelPresenting data effectively is a critical part of communicating insights. Making reports look appealing or building interactive charts isn't…
Nick Binder
March 9, 2017• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Keep Your Dashboards On Brand With Custom CSSAnalysts know that having the right numbers is only half the battle. In order for your work to make an impact, it has to be presented in a…
Joel Carron
March 7, 2017• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Give Your Team Context, With New Text ElementsThe best analysts know that charts alone are not always enough to inform decisions. Even the most amazing chart of all time can be left open…
Nick Binder
March 2, 2017• 2 minute read
Mode updates
This Just in from Stitch: Introducing Singer, Open Source ETLOur partner Stitch is introducing Singer: an open source project for simple, composable ETL. Singer enables any data source to be analyzed…
Emily Ritter
March 1, 2017• 2 minute read
Analysis
4 Handy SQL Tips for Pivot TablesMode's SQL-powered pivot tables are designed to give everyone the ability to instantly explore shared data sets. But a pivot table is only…
Jennifer Chu
February 28, 2017•
Mode updates
Improved Python Notebooks Make Sharing Analysis Easier than EverToday we're rolling out two new updates for Mode Python Notebooks, making Python analysis more efficient and accessible to everyone.
Nick Binder
February 23, 2017• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Introducing: SQL-Powered Pivot TablesWhen trying to understand a data set, analysis often starts broad and narrows as you go. SQL is perfect for pulling the broad data set and…
Nick Binder
February 14, 2017• 2 minute read
Analysis
Creating Persistent Derived TablesNow that the Mode SQL editor supports running multiple SQL statements, you can do so much more than pull data back from the database. One…
Joel Carron
February 8, 2017•
Analysis
5 Tips for Faster Access to Analysis with SpacesKeeping work organized is hard. It's time consuming to ensure everything is in the right place and clearly labeled. Plus, if you're not sure…
Nick Binder
February 2, 2017• 3 minute read
Visualization
Where to Find the Cleanest Restaurants in NYCWhat we found when we mapped over 400k NYC restaurant health inspection scores.
Joel Carron
February 1, 2017• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Hello, Slack Enterprise Grid!Back in December, we brought customers 12 new features in 12 days, including the highly requested Mode Slack app. People are now sharing…
Emily Ritter
January 31, 2017• 1 minute read
Mode updates
A Note On Donald TrumpOn December 20th, 2016, the day the Electoral College made Trump's presidency official, we sent this internal letter to the Mode team. Now…
Mode
January 30, 2017• 2 minute read
Analysis
Beyond Clicks and Opens: Measuring the Impact of Engagement CampaignsSometimes, your customers need a little nudge to engage more deeply with your product. This can happen for a whole host of reasons…
Melissa Bierly
January 12, 2017• 4 minute read
Mode updates
Stats That Grow With YouWe just capped off 12 days of new features, but we couldn't resist adding one more before the holidays!
Nick Binder
December 20, 2016• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Preview Definitions, Right in the EditorWe launched Definitions back in September to help analysts save time writing queries and establish trusted business logic across projects…
Nick Binder
December 16, 2016• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Make a Statement. Then Make Another One.Today we're releasing the #1 most requested SQL editor feature: support for multiple SQL statements in one query. Hello, temp tables!
Nick Binder
December 15, 2016• 1 minute read
Mode updates
Easily Customizable Organization SettingsOver the past 10 days we've added four powerful new ways to share analysis: Slack, email upgrades, external sharing, and White-Label Embeds…
Nick Binder
December 14, 2016• 1 minute read
Mode updates
Mode Integrates with Slack to Help Teams Share Data, FasterThe Mode Slack App is here! Now it's easier than ever to put timely, relevant data into the hands of decision makers, right when and where…
Emily Ritter
December 13, 2016• 1 minute read
Mode updates
Deliver Charts Straight to Your Co-worker's InboxEmail is still a mainstay for communication and sharing ideas, even if it feels like it's going the way of the dinosaur. Whether it's ad hoc…
Nick Binder
December 12, 2016• 1 minute read
Mode updates
New Gallery ExamplesAnalysis isn’t just about finding the insights—it’s about delivering them to your coworkers. And often the biggest challenge is helping…
Nick Binder
December 11, 2016• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Upping the Contrast to Provide Better LegibilityIt's easy to get swept up in the latest design trend. Remember when everyone was into skeuomorphism? Long shadows? All caps cursive with a…
Blake Reary
December 10, 2016• 1 minute read
Mode updates
SQL Query History in the Click of a ButtonQuery history button ⌘-Z! ⌘-Z! We've all been there.
Nick Binder
December 9, 2016• 1 minute read
Mode updates
Share Analysis With Anyone You WantExternal sharing As your business grows, so too does the list of people outside your company who need to access to data and reporting…
Nick Binder
December 8, 2016•
Mode updates
From Our Product to Yours: Introducing White-Label EmbedsEmbedded analytics As consumers, we're increasingly accustomed to seeing data served back to us as features in the apps and products we use…
Emily Ritter
December 7, 2016• 3 minute read
Mode updates
The Feature on Every Analyst's Wish List: Highlight to RunHighlight to run Today, as part of our effort to deliver 12 highly requested “Wish List” features in 12 days, we're adding highlight to run…
Nick Binder
December 6, 2016• 1 minute read
Mode updates
A Word Cloud of WestworldLast week, we examined HBO's original series Westworld with charts showing the relationships between characters, whom they mention, and how…
Joel Carron
November 22, 2016• 3 minute read
Analysis
Data Wrangling WestworldFor the past seven weeks, a corner of the internet has been obsessed with the HBO original series Westworld. Redditors have spent hours…
Joel Carron
November 15, 2016• 5 minute read
Analysis
If Artificial Intelligence Wrote the Presidential Acceptance SpeechClinton and Trump are two of the most unpopular presidential nominees in U.S. history. That made us wonder: Would we be better off if a…
Joel Carron
November 3, 2016• 3 minute read
Analysis
PostgreSQL Date Functions and 7 Ways to Use Them in Business AnalysisPostgreSQL date functions (like DATE_TRUNC, EXTRACT, and AGE) make wrangling timestamps much easier. Follow these seven use case examples…
Joel Carron
October 20, 2016•
Analysis
Tracking Customer Service Metrics With SQLRegardless of the size or purpose of your company, customer service (or success or support) is a crucial part of your customer lifecycle…
Kostas Pardalis
October 18, 2016• 9 minute read
Mode updates
Accessing Reports from Multiple SpacesLast month we launched our new Spaces feature to make it easier to organize reports around teams and projects. Analysts quickly found a good…
Nick Binder
October 13, 2016• 1 minute read
Mode updates
5 Python Libraries for Creating Interactive PlotsAccording to data visualization expert Andy Kirk, there are two types of data visualizations: exploratory and explanatory. The aim of…
Melissa Bierly
October 12, 2016• 6 minute read
Mode updates
Analytics at Clearbit: Simple, flexible, scalableProblem Analytics are hard to get right – especially for complex business models (like API-first SaaS). Building a flexible analytics stack…
Luke Whiting
September 30, 2016• 4 minute read
Mode updates
Automating Ad Spend ReportingAs a demand generation marketer, I'm constantly searching for the right mix of ad platforms and publishers to bring in leads. But when each…
Alexa Guerra
September 22, 2016• 8 minute read
Mode updates
Making Simple Visualizations Easy: A Front-End Engineer's PerspectiveFranklin at Mode Since the beginning, one of Mode's goals has been to make simple things easy and complex things possible. In the past year…
Melissa Bierly
September 15, 2016• 9 minute read
Analysis
Clean Up Your Code in Just One ClickAnybody who's ever tried writing code of any kind knows that style matters. Caps or no caps? CamelCase or use_underscores? Tabs or spaces…
Nick Binder
September 13, 2016• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Dashboard Reporting with Multiple SourcesFrom the start, Mode's goal has been to make data more accessible. When analysts and their business partners work together on one data…
Nick Binder
September 12, 2016• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Analytics for Every TeamMode for Teams A trio of new features is launching today: Definitions, Spaces, and Access Controls are all designed to create a tight-knit…
Emily Ritter
September 8, 2016• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Dynamic Parameters: Save Time Writing PicklistsWhen analysts create reports for teams throughout their company, there are inevitable follow-up questions. Engagement is higher on mobile…
Nick Binder
August 31, 2016• 2 minute read
Visualization
Pareto Chart 101: Visualizing the 80-20 RulePareto chart abstracted You've probably heard of the Pareto principle, even if you didn't realize it at the time. Here are a few examples…
Joel Carron
August 30, 2016•
Analysis
8 Handy Python Libraries for Formatting and Cleaning DataThese Python libraries will make the crucial task of data cleaning a bit more bearable—from anonymizing datasets to wrangling dates and…
Melissa Bierly
August 23, 2016•
Mode updates
70+ Resources for Transitioning to a Data Science CareerConsidering a career in data science? Time to read up. Here's a list of tutorials, tips for interviewing, and stories from people who've…
Melissa Bierly
August 16, 2016• 11 minute read
Mode updates
Communicating Trends Just Got Easier with Big Number ChartsMode now offers Big Number charts, to clearly display your key numbers and easily build dashboards that offer insights at a glance.
Nick Binder
August 11, 2016• 2 minute read
Data Teams
4 Practical Tips for Democratizing Data at Your CompanyThe first step to data democratization is granting employees access. The second is getting people to use data regularly.
Melissa Bierly
August 11, 2016•
Mode updates
New Integration: Tenjin.ioToday we're excited to announce Mode's new integration with DataVault from Tenjin, a company focused on providing marketers insight into…
Emily Ritter
August 10, 2016• 1 minute read
Mode updates
Build Algorithms Like You Give a DamnWrangleConf Opening Source: Sam Charrington via Twitter For the second year in a row, WrangleConf did not disappoint. The conversation…
Derek Steer
August 2, 2016• 6 minute read
Mode updates
Hello, Stitch!Stitch Logo Last October, our friends at RJMetrics introduced the beta version of their ETL service, RJMetrics Pipeline. Today, they've…
Emily Ritter
August 1, 2016• 2 minute read
Data Teams
Defining Metrics: An Interview with Walker & Co’s 1st Product ManagerSince its debut in 2013, Walker and Company has drawn attention for its unique mission: to make health and beauty simple for people of color…
Melissa Bierly
July 26, 2016• 7 minute read
Analysis
67 Years of Lego SetsThere are many of us—errr, people—who build stuff with Legos at all ages. Having grown up with loads of hand-me-down Legos (and having a…
Joel Carron
July 21, 2016• 8 minute read
Mode updates
Introducing the Mode Example GallerySometimes communicating data is as simple as sharing out a basic chart. Sometimes telling an impactful data story means creating a knock-out…
Joel Carron
July 14, 2016• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Taking Heap SQL to the Next Level with ModeToday we're excited to announce Mode's integration with Heap, a powerful platform that enables you to build analytics infrastructure for…
Emily Ritter
July 12, 2016• 2 minute read
Analysis
SQL vs PythonOver the years, I've used a variety of languages and tools to analyze data. As I think back on my time using each tool, I've come to realize…
Benn Stancil
July 7, 2016•
Visualization
11 Data Visualization Experts Who Will Constantly Inspire YouWhen writers hit a block, they read. When musicians get stuck, they seek stimulation by listening to music. It's the same with any craft…
Melissa Bierly
June 28, 2016•
Visualization
A New Way to Measure Customer ServiceAs your business grows, maintaining excellent customer service requires delivering high-quality solutions efficiently and effectively. But…
Joel Carron
June 23, 2016• 8 minute read
Visualization
Added Plotly Support Makes Mode Python Notebooks More PowerfulYou may know Plotly as an easy-to-use online data visualization tool, but did you know they also offer a Python API so data scientists can…
Nick Binder
June 21, 2016• 2 minute read
Analysis
How DataHoliks Predicted Highfive's Customer EngagementIn our previous blog post, we covered some of the exploratory analysis we did for Highfive, a modern meeting room collaboration and video…
Sourav Dey
June 16, 2016• 7 minute read
Visualization
Updated Tables Make Exploring Data in Mode Even EasierSometimes you just need to share a data set. A list of app users who meet certain criteria. A call list for a sales team. You get the idea…
Nick Binder
June 15, 2016• 2 minute read
Visualization
What Election Map History Can Teach You About Presenting DataPresenting new data always raises more questions than it answers. Your coworkers want to better understand results to inform decision-making…
Joel Carron
June 2, 2016• 8 minute read
Analysis
Measuring Customer Engagement: How DataHoliks Helped Highfive Find the Right MetricHead into a conference room at RueLaLa or Expensify and you’ll probably see something special: people actually enjoying meetings. They’ve…
Sourav Dey
May 26, 2016• 7 minute read
Analysis
Making Analytics AccessibleSince day one, Mode has been a product built by analysts, for analysts. As analysts, we're at our best when free to uncover unexpected…
Derek Steer
May 23, 2016• 3 minute read
Mode updates
12 User Retention Resources to Help You Drive GrowthDespite the fact that retention is key for SaaS and mobile growth, there's very little consensus on the factors that indicate good retention…
Melissa Bierly
April 27, 2016• 6 minute read
Mode updates
Snazzy New Ways to Add and Edit ChartsHead over to the Report Builder to check out a few new features that will make it easier to present a data story beautifully. Rather than…
Emily Ritter
April 14, 2016• 1 minute read
Data Teams
3 Ways to Build Trust in Your Sales AnalysesWith the emergence of data integration tools it's easier than ever to get your hands on consolidated data from third-party tools. Access to…
Melissa Bierly
April 13, 2016•
Mode updates
Your Customer Data in One Place: Segment SourcesDid Sheila get the answer she needed when she emailed our support team? Did Joe spend more in store this trip compared to last trip? Did…
Emily Ritter
April 6, 2016• 2 minute read
Data Teams
How Does the Data Science Team Work at Twitch?Head over to Twitch on any given day and you'll find 250,000 broadcasters live streaming content to more than two million concurrent viewers…
Melissa Bierly
April 5, 2016• 10 minute read
Analysis
Analyzing CRM Data? Familiarize Yourself with These 5 Salesforce Objects FirstThe Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM) tool is your sales organization's second brain. It's a memory bank filled with every…
Melissa Bierly
March 29, 2016•
Analysis
3 Things Your User Retention Rate is HidingThe way we've all grown accustomed to looking at retention hides as much as it reveals. Deconstruct retention rate to help bolster virality…
Benn Stancil
March 17, 2016•
Analysis
What Rom-Coms Can Teach Us About User Engagement StrategiesWe recently talked about ways to set your customers up to be successful, long-term users of your product. By identifying strong audiences…
Benn Stancil
March 9, 2016• 5 minute read
Mode updates
It's Here! Share Analysis via EmailIf a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? We're not entirely sure. What we do know is that if you…
Emily Ritter
March 3, 2016• 2 minute read
Data Teams
Ask the Analyst: What's It Like to Work at a Wedding E-commerce Company?Many shopping sites follow a similar retail calendar, focusing on big promotional pushes around the holidays. But when you're in the…
Melissa Bierly
March 2, 2016• 7 minute read
Analysis
How 72 Popular Instagram Photographers Use ColorYesterday, we explored how brands use colors on Instagram. Today, we're looking at trends in Instagram's early-adopter photographer…
Melissa Bierly
February 24, 2016• 4 minute read
Mode updates
Do Brand Colors Translate to Instagram?Starbucks green. UPS brown. Target red. Some of the most recognized brands have built their visual identity on just one color. They create…
Melissa Bierly
February 23, 2016• 3 minute read
Analysis
4 Ways to Tackle Growth with RetentionRetention has long played second fiddle to user acquisition. It's easy to see why: getting new users is fun and can feel impressive (5,00…
Melissa Bierly
February 2, 2016•
Mode updates
Introducing LayoutsSometimes you just want to put two charts next to each other. Now you can. Today we're rolling out a new drag-and-drop report builder that…
Emily Ritter
January 21, 2016• 2 minute read
Visualization
2015 in Review: What Questions Did Analysts Ask?In 2015, people used Mode to answer thousands of questions. As we looked back on the year, we were curious about trends across companies…
Melissa Bierly
January 14, 2016• 4 minute read
Mode updates
New Features for Embedded ReportsWhen it comes to distributing analysis, it can be helpful to put data where folks discover it over the natural course of their day. For some…
Emily Ritter
January 8, 2016• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Introducing the All-New ModeLike the analysts who use Mode day-in and day-out to answer some of the hardest questions a business can throw at them, we hammer on our…
Emily Ritter
December 17, 2015• 3 minute read
Analysis
Discover New Ways to Explore Your CRM Data with SQLAnyone who's used Salesforce is familiar with its reporting dashboard. The deal pipeline, the closed deals speedometer, the reps' activities…
Melissa Bierly
December 11, 2015• 9 minute read
Mode updates
What's the best database for an analyst?Which database is best? The question, obviously, depends on what you want to use it for.
Benn Stancil
December 9, 2015• 6 minute read
Analysis
Funnel Analysis: How RJMetrics Used Their New Product to Analyze Its Own Onboarding FunnelIn October, we launched our new product, RJMetrics Pipeline. Pipeline integrates data from all the systems you use to run your business…
David Wallace
December 3, 2015• 6 minute read
Data Teams
3 Tips for Centralizing Your Analytics Team Structure As You GrowNearly a year ago we wrote about the questions folks should consider when making early analytics hires. While those questions are helpful…
Melissa Bierly
December 1, 2015• 4 minute read
Analysis
Data Science in the HIPAA Compliant CloudThere’s a pretty cool marriage of tech and health going on right now. You can see it on the “about” page of so many of the Rock Health…
Emily Ritter
November 20, 2015• 3 minute read
Analysis
Smooth Out the Noise of Daily Data With Moving Averages in SQLThe moving average is the Swiss Army knife of metrics. It's adaptable, reliable, and simple to use.
Saul Jackman
November 12, 2015• 5 minute read
Mode updates
Working with UTM Parameters in SQL to Answer Bottom-of-the-Funnel QuestionsAre our ebooks more successful on LinkedIn than on Twitter? If you've ever worked with a marketer to understand campaign and channel…
Emily Ritter
November 4, 2015• 7 minute read
Analysis
Get New Analytics Hires up to Speed with This Handy Database VisualizationOn my first day at Mode, I was given a list of basic business questions to answer. How many SQL queries do our customers write each day? How…
Saul Jackman
October 29, 2015• 9 minute read
Mode updates
The Human Element of Data ScienceThere's an interesting discussion happening in the Silicon Valley data science community. Last week about 100 data scientists gathered for…
Derek Steer
October 26, 2015• 4 minute read
Mode updates
4 Data Science Insights from the Rich Data SummitOn Wednesday over 500 members of the data science community gathered at the Village in San Francisco for CrowdFlower’s Rich Data Summit. It…
Melissa Bierly
October 16, 2015• 4 minute read
Analysis
DATE_TRUNC: A SQL Timestamp Function You Can Count OnDATE_TRUNC() function in SQL allows you to round a timestamp to the interval you need, making timestamps easier to aggregate on and easier…
Saul Jackman
October 6, 2015•
Analysis
How to Make a Box-and-Whisker Plot in SQLUnderstanding how your data is distributed is critical for any analysis. Box-and-whisker plots are great for summarizing distributions and…
Benn Stancil
October 1, 2015•
Mode updates
Working With Email Addresses in SQLAnalyzing datasets that include email addresses can be a pain. But when armed with a few common operations, you can clean your data quickly…
Benn Stancil
September 24, 2015• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Deliver Analysis, Not ChartsAn old baseball coach of mine used to say “that's a million-dollar catch and a ten-cent throw” (adapted from a famous Bull Durham quote to…
Benn Stancil
September 10, 2015• 2 minute read
Mode updates
We Don't Work AloneToday we're announcing our $7.5 Million Series A, led by Foundation Capital.
Derek Steer
August 20, 2015• 1 minute read
Mode updates
Amp Up Your Amplitude DataQuery Your Amplitude Data Our friends over at Amplitude have a unique approach to event tracking and analytics for mobile apps. Like some…
Emily Ritter
June 2, 2015• 3 minute read
Visualization
Cohort Analysis That Helps You Look AheadFor people who analyze customer behavior, the table above is a familiar one. This Mixpanel chart measures retention rates across different…
Benn Stancil
May 11, 2015• 4 minute read
Mode updates
It's Time to Slice and Dice! Introducing Pivot ChartsWhen we launched Mode's new SQL workflow earlier this year, we said there would be a lot to come on the charting front. Today the first set…
Emily Ritter
March 31, 2015• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Turning SQL Queries Into Self-Serve Data ToolsAn analyst's daily work can get repetitive. One day a request from a product manager can sound like: “Hi Derek, could you please pull the 1…
Derek Steer
March 27, 2015• 5 minute read
Analysis
Finding User Sessions with SQLA lot of product questions are based on the idea of a user “session.” What do users do when they first log in? In what order do users take…
Benn Stancil
March 20, 2015•
Mode updates
How to Ask an Analyst a QuestionAsking questions is easy. It's so easy that, as askers, we often don't think about the quality of our questions. Poorly framed questions…
Derek Steer
March 18, 2015• 3 minute read
Mode updates
How to Set Up Data for Launch: A Playbook for StartupsHere's the data plan you need for each phase of your startup launch.
Derek Steer
March 12, 2015•
Analysis
Beyond Hacker News: Finding Watsi's Growth EngineOur friends over at Segment recently came to us with a great idea: they wanted to get a bunch of analysts together to help a non-profit find…
Benn Stancil
March 6, 2015• 1 minute read
Mode updates
Get Collaborative with Big DataAs more teams get up and running on Mode to analyze data together, we're hearing more requests for connections to a wider variety of…
Emily Ritter
February 17, 2015• 2 minute read
Analysis
How 1 Clever Trick Helps CrowdFlower Fly Through 10x More Support TicketsCrowdFlower, the leading data enrichment platform, helps data scientists collect, clean, and label data. Their on-demand workforce tackles…
Emily Ritter
February 13, 2015• 2 minute read
Analysis
Balancing Data Analysis With Design ResearchMode recently released a big update to our collaborative analytics tool. The new features were informed by a careful combination of product…
Blake Reary
February 6, 2015• 6 minute read
Analysis
Analyzing Analysts To Build Better Analysis SoftwareWhen we launched Mode's public beta in June 2014, we knew we were putting an MVP (minimum viable product) editor into the wild. As soon as…
Benn Stancil
February 6, 2015• 5 minute read
Mode updates
Introducing A More Powerful SQL WorkflowWe're on a mission to build analysis software that works the way today's analysts work. And that means building tools an analyst can share…
Emily Ritter
February 5, 2015• 2 minute read
Analysis
Facebook's "Aha" Moment Was Simpler Than You ThinkLike so many startups, we set out in search of our own “aha moment.” What we found was that “aha moments” are less about advanced analytics…
Benn Stancil
January 30, 2015•
Data Teams
4 Questions to Consider When Hiring Your Next AnalystOver the course of a startup's lifetime, a company can face a range of data challenges. In the beginning, startup founders do most analysis…
Derek Steer
January 27, 2015• 6 minute read
Mode updates
Building Credibility for Your Analytics Team—and Why It MattersIf you work with data regularly, chances are you trust it. You know how it's collected and stored. You know the caveats and the roadblocks…
Derek Steer
January 21, 2015•
Mode updates
For 15 NFL Teams, Next Season Starts TodayToday marks the last day of the 2014 NFL regular season. Sixteen teams enter this week with a chance to claim one of the 12 spots in the…
Benn Stancil
December 28, 2014• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Open Sourcing Our AnalysisWe recently launched the Mode Playbook, a series of open-source SQL queries and visualizations designed to be tailored to common data…
Benn Stancil
November 12, 2014• 4 minute read
Mode updates
Introducing the Mode Playbook, Cloud Connector, and Support for Segment SQLWe're thrilled to bring you Playbook, a series of open source SQL queries and visualizations you can tailor to your data. If you have a SQL…
Emily Ritter
November 5, 2014• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Automate Your SQL Queries and DashboardsIf you've ever run a SQL query and thought, "welp, that's gonna take a while..." we'd like to introduce you to your new favorite feature…
Emily Ritter
October 14, 2014•
Analysis
Could Friday be the Best Day to Publish Your Tech Startup’s Press Release?Conventional wisdom says that it’s best to issue press releases in the middle of the week: the press is more active and readers more engaged…
Benn Stancil
September 26, 2014• 6 minute read
Mode updates
Collaborate your way to better SQL queries and data visualizationsThis week's feature release includes collaborative editing and homepage updates that put your favorite reports, lists, and dashboards front…
Emily Ritter
September 24, 2014• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Meet Mode at DataWeekIf you're heading to the DataWeek + APIWorld 2014 conference next week, we hope to meet you. You can track us down by attending one of the…
Emily Ritter
September 10, 2014• 2 minute read
Analysis
Conversation starters: the data behind your storyFirst Tom Giratikanon brought to light the spread of military surplus gear in this alarming New York Times graphic. And then he did…
Emily Ritter
August 22, 2014• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Crowdsourcing Labor Day AdventuresWith just over a week left before we put our white pants away (or not—who does that?), we teamed up with our friends at CrowdFlower to start…
Emily Ritter
August 21, 2014• 2 minute read
Mode updates
Say Hello to Mode's Public Table API!The public table API makes it easier to get your datasets into Mode using scripts written in languages like Python, Ruby, and R. Data…
Josh Ferguson
August 14, 2014• 2 minute read
Analysis
Fit Christoph Janz's cohort analysis to your data in less than 5 minutesIn just a few steps, you can create a living cohort analysis that anyone at your company can update any time -- without exporting data to…
Emily Ritter
August 8, 2014• 2 minute read
Mode updates
5 Public Datasets, and Lots of Ideas for Exploring ThemThe world is full of interesting datasets. But even though data is increasingly accessible, it's sometimes hard think up an interesting…
Benn Stancil
July 23, 2014• 7 minute read
Mode updates
A New Way to Learn SQL—and Five Reasons to Start NowSeveral years ago, I made the jump from being an Washington, D.C. policy analyst to a data analyst at a San Francisco tech company. Prior to…
Benn Stancil
July 8, 2014• 3 minute read
Mode updates
Welcome to ModeThe world is producing fascinating data at an unprecedented pace, on subjects ranging from air quality in Chicago, to the economics of…
Derek Steer
June 17, 2014• 2 minute read
Analysis
Ninety Years of College Football Recruiting, in One MapBenn Stancil
February 6, 2014• 5 minute read
Analysis
Where are the Offensive Penalties in the NFL Playoffs?Benn Stancil
February 2, 2014• 3 minute read
Analysis
A Brief Update on College Football and Basketball Players' HometownsBenn Stancil
January 24, 2014• 5 minute read
Analysis
The History of 'Groups of Death' in the World CupBenn Stancil
December 16, 2013• 2 minute read
Analysis
10 Charts San Franciscans Should Be Thankful ForBenn Stancil
November 28, 2013• 8 minute read
Analysis
Does Daylight Saving Time Change When We Commute? Evidence from DC's Capital BikeshareBenn Stancil
November 13, 2013• 6 minute read
Analysis
The Demographics of Obamacare—And Those Who Oppose ItBenn Stancil
November 4, 2013• 3 minute read
Analysis
Is Seed Round Funding from VCs Good for Startups?Benn Stancil
October 17, 2013• 7 minute read
Analysis
The Best - And Worst - Playoff Teams in Recent Sports HistoryBenn Stancil
October 9, 2013• 2 minute read
Analysis
Mapping Cannabis Prices: An Interactive Visualization of Marijuana SalesDuring a recent walk through the Tenderloin in San Francisco, a man asked me if I wanted to trade a joint for a cigarette.
Benn Stancil
October 3, 2013• 5 minute read
Analysis
Do Politicians Vote for What Their Constituents Need? An Interactive Map on Food StampsBenn Stancil
September 30, 2013• 3 minute read
Analysis
Scoring Your Fantasy Football Draft, Before It’s Too LateBenn Stancil
September 25, 2013• 6 minute read
Analysis
How to Create 100,000 Parking Spots in San FranciscoBenn Stancil
September 18, 2013• 6 minute read
Analysis
How Much of Your Fantasy Football Draft is Predetermined by League Projections?Benn Stancil
September 12, 2013• 4 minute read
Analysis
The Agony, Ecstasy, and Odds of a (Nearly) Perfect GameBenn Stancil
September 9, 2013• 5 minute read
Analysis
Conflict Data on Military Interventions: Will Syria Be Different?Benn Stancil
September 3, 2013• 5 minute read