Domo

DECEMBER 21, 2012

If I were starting a retail company today, my first call would go to Santa to sit on my board. Who better to guide a sprouting retailer on production processes, fulfillment and more importantly, customer experience? While Santa may be too busy at the moment to attend to such a matter personally, I think it is worth our time to consider what makes his operation so successful and maybe figure out a way to apply at least one element into our own companies.

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Elegant BI

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Advice for ERP Vendors, Integrators, Consultants: Integrate ERP and BI for GREAT Customer Value! Every enterprise is cautious about IT investment. In this crazy, competitive business environment, everyone must consider the value, ROI and TCO of technology solutions. If ERP vendors want to market products and services to value conscious clients, they must provide innovative, cost-effective solutions to help the customer achieve business goals quickly and minimize investment.

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Domo

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Back in the mid 1990’s I attended a wedding where the father of a friend was showing off his new digital camera. Groups of friends, families and wedding party members were clustered together waiting for their turn to pose for “digital” photo. The process was largely familiar: everyone stands together, smiles, a quick “1-2-3-say-cheese” countdown, and then the camera’s flash deploys leaving the posing subjects blinking awkwardly as their eyes attempt to readjust to the dim lighting of the room.

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Domo

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The fact that it gets dark earlier this time of year means that we have more time to study the night sky. For thousands of years, mankind has looked to the night sky in wonder while considering the seemingly numberless stars. A great deal of information has been gathered about the stars themselves, and scientists have used their observations about the behavior of the the stars in the sky to determine many things about the universe.

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As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Domo

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

From an early age, I’ve been comfortable being the youngest person in a conversation. I had two older sisters and two energetic parents who liked to discuss and debate anything and everything around the supper table. I started kindergarten a year early and went to college before I was old enough to vote. I spent at least 15 years working at large, stuffy companies (SAP, ORCL) where I was typically the youngest, and one of the most forward-thinking people on the team.

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Domo

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

One of my mentors in sales used to keep a plunger on his office desk. Scribed into the side of that plunger were the words “Got a clogged pipeline?” As we approached the end of a quarter, he was often seen pacing his office with that plunger in his hands as he contemplated the deals that made up his end of quarter number. This plunger served to remind him to analyze all the deals that made up his global sales forecast… Every sales organization faces this problem.

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Domo

OCTOBER 24, 2012

As a Yankee fan, I am appalled at their post-season offensive performance this year. The Yankee archives have volumes of postseason history but I don’t know if anyone expected a chapter in their storybook where they would set a record for the worst team-offensive performance ever. In the game of baseball, the general consensus is that pitching wins championship.

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Domo

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Although our infographic could argue that looking the part is an investment worth making in the sales world, we’re here to tell you three secrets that have nothing to do with swagger and everything to do with closing deals. Here’s how to turn those tradeshow leads into closed deals and improve your sales metrics: 1. Grab people’s attention Sitting at your booth waiting for people to approach you is like waiting for customers to walk into your newly opened storefront, without using any advertisin

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Domo

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The Domo marketing team had the opportunity last Wednesday to attend the Salt Lake City Search Engine Marketers (SLCSEM) event. This event was huge, with presenter Rand Fishkin , CEO of SEOmoz.org , drawing the crowds. Rand presented about irrational biases in marketing (specifically in search engine optimization) that keep companies from gathering a lot of potential low-hanging fruit in terms of website traffic and revenue.

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Domo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I started my last company when I was still in college. It was 1996. My partner and I were building websites at a time when most businesses were just discovering the Internet. We were charging $65 an hour for our services. I remember sitting in class one day as the professor was going on about the difference between an LLC and a C corp. All I could think about was how much money I was losing just being in that classroom.

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Domo

JUNE 8, 2012

Data never sleeps. Every minute massive amounts of it are being generated from every phone, website and application across the Internet. Just how much data is being created and where does it come from? For that you should check out this Domo infographic.

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Domo

JUNE 1, 2012

I’ve never been a fan of buzzwords or language that isn’t clear, intuitive or easily understood. It seems like every industry has its own vocabulary. Fine for the insiders, but it’s limiting when trying to communicate with a broader group. Business intelligence is no different. As BI starts to spill out of the realm of IT and data professionals, our team thought it might be useful to provide business users with this BI 101 cheat sheet.

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Domo

MAY 17, 2012

I’ve had a boatload of conversations with customers and prospects about their needs for a business intelligence solution. While every company’s needs are unique, there’s a common theme in each conversation: business users and IT professionals view BI differently. Both views are important, but they have very different expectations. This is one of the reasons I started Domo.

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Domo

MAY 11, 2012

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 they’re spending most of their time actually selling and not filing reports or digging for data, which as you can see from the Domo infographic below, is a more common pr

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Domo

MAY 3, 2012

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 to carve out time for what matters most. Unfortunately, that model breaks down if too much of the work week is spent doing lame stuff…like looking for information or waiting for reports.

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Domo

APRIL 25, 2012

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 I started Domo — to help other executives leverage their data. Make your data work for you. Get it in real time. Turn it into profitability.

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Domo

APRIL 4, 2012

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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Domo

JANUARY 25, 2012

I loved this recent post on The Data Doghouse , which underscores why “spreadsheets from hell” are still the most pervasive BI tool for business users. Last year’s TDWI study on Visual Reporting agrees. That survey found that nearly two-thirds of BI users are still staring at tables of numbers and text as their predominant form of analysis.

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Domo

JANUARY 5, 2012

There’s a storm comin’ Well, figuratively anyway. Out here in Utah, it’s been dry as a bone. We even had to cancel our family’s annual holiday break sledding trip (in related news, my back is doing great). The storm is in BI. You’ve probably heard the buzz. Many of the prognosticators are pointing to 2012, not as the year the earth falls off the Mayan calendar and into oblivion, but as the advent of real business user-focused BI.

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Elegant BI

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Don’t Use a Row Boat to Navigate Oceans of Data. I recently joined a cross-functional team to recommend a business intelligence solution, improve planning and better predict results using objective metrics. Our company owns businesses in several industries and wanted to eliminate guesswork and accurately plan and measure results across all businesses.

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Domo

DECEMBER 10, 2012

I recently shared my thoughts on why CEOs need to embrace social media. The post was inspired by a study on the social media habits of Fortune 500 CEOs, which showed an alarming absence of these powerful executives on the most popular social networks. Today CEO.com released the findings of a follow up study that compares the social media habits of Inc. 500 CEOs against the Fortune 500 CEOs.

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Elegant BI

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

OK, So Your Industry Is Unique! You Can Still Use BI and CPM to Succeed! Every time I go to a technology conference, I hear the same refrain. “No matter how flexible a software solution is, there are things that are specific to my industry that it will not satisfy.” Regardless of your industry, the need for enterprise business intelligence is undeniable.

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Domo

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Thanksgiving is largely a food holiday. At the Roden household, we always mix in shooting guns and throwing the Nerf football on the street. For the most part, it is about cramming my seemingly ever-expanding extended family into a small home and eating the traditional cornucopia of food staples synonymous with this great American holiday. For me personally, the additional selection of food items at Thanksgiving presents a problem, you see, I suffer from a phobia of having “soggy” fo

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Elegant BI

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

When it Comes to BI, Your Team Should Take it Personally! Nearly every business is considering, or has already implemented, a Business Intelligence (BI) solution. BI solutions are designed to provide transparency and enable performance management. But, if you really want to leverage BI and gain a competitive advantage, you should consider whether your BI solution provides timely, clear data integrated from every possible data source within the organization and is a useful tool for every organiza

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Domo

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

As a CEO, buzzwords or phrases don’t get me excited. I’d rather show my customers the money than some newfangled acronym or buzzword. Today, big data seems to be one of the most hyped terms in tech. It’s been PowerPointed and white boarded in conference rooms to death. It’s been lauded by tech media as the next big thing. Hot startups have taken millions from venture capitalists.

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