2011 was a huge year for Business Intelligence and 2012 is looking to be even bigger. It seems that data intelligence has been removed from its ivory tower and democratized to the masses. Not only that, BI is not just a tool for huge corporations anymore. The results have been proven with the big boys, …
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Christmas 2011 came and went, and billions of dollars were spent to get friends and loved ones exactly what they wanted. Well, in theory. These days gift returns are so common that 37% of retailers have to ease up on their return policies to avoid the wrath of thousands of customers who want to exchange …
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Sales managers can create a dashboard in our system for any activity type they want. For example, we ourselves track: Connects Demos Trial Delivery Trial Followup Proposals Close One of the common activity types that’s conspicuously missing from this list is “Emails Sent,” a metric that is popular with sales (micro)managers. While you can track …
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Our old video contained the soothing baritone of one of our team members and showcased the usability of our data intelligence product. Like everything else, we’re always iterating new versions. Here’s our latest: What do you think? Do you miss our CPO’s dulcet tones?
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The good news is that we did not run out of beer. The bad news is that we did not run out of beer. We’ll try harder next time. Thank you to our friends, family, investors, partners, well-wishers, and those strangers who just wanted some free beer and sushi for making it out last night! …
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Recently, the Boston Globe had a fascinating article on how more areas of science are getting into crowdsourcing. In this example, scholars were faced with a huge task of transcribing and translating half a million pieces of ancient text. In fact, “after a hundred-plus years, scholars have been able to work through only about 15 …
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The InsightSquared team blew off some steam by hurling balls at each others’ faces. We treked over to Sky Zone in Hyde Park, threw on some shorts and proprietary shoes, and spent a good hour realizing how out of shape and uncoordinated most of us are. Things we learned: headshots hurt as much as …
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