Welcome to the Canvas podcast, where we bring on data and business leaders to talk about how to make data easier for everyone. Today, I'm super excited to have Jonathan Barrett, Founder and CEO at Joon Solutions, on the show. Joon Solutions is a data consulting firm and one of our partners that we've really enjoyed working with.

Welcome to the Canvas Podcast, where we bring data and business leaders together to discuss making data easier for everyone. Today I'm super excited to have David Jayatillake, the CEO and Co-founder of Delphi Labs, on the show.

David posted recently about needing to talk about Excel from a data perspective, and I wanted to have him on and talk more about the problems he's seeing and the future of spreadsheets and data. 

Welcome to the Canvas Podcast, where we bring together data and business leaders to discuss making data easier for everyone. I'm excited to have David Shore, Analytics Engineering Principal at Snowflake Data.

In this episode, David shares his experience as the first data hire at several startups. He gives practical advice on scoping requirements, prioritizing work to be done, and managing stakeholders. He also shares trends he now sees as a data consultant and predictions about how AI will change how data teams work.

Welcome to the Canvas Podcast, where we bring together data and business leaders to talk about how to make data easier for everyone. Today I'm super excited to have Mike Cohen, the Head of Data at Substack, on the show.

In this episode, Mike shares his journey from learning SQL on nights and weekends to becoming a data leader at a hyper-growth startup. He also shares tips on how to build your data team, how to work with stakeholders, and shares his predictions for the future of the Modern Data Stack.

Welcome to the Canvas Podcast, where we bring together business and data leaders to talk about how to make data easier for everyone. Today I'm super excited to have Sonja Manning on the show. She's a Chief of Staff at Levels, and she wrote an incredible blog post about really what it means to be a Chief of Staff and how to excel at the role. And so I figured to bring her on to talk about the role and how it’s evolving with data. 

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Read Yaz'z Biz Ops post: https://www.emcap.com/thoughts/bizops-what-it-is-and-why-early-stage-companies-should-hire-for-it/

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https://carta.com/blog/compensation-report-h1-2022/

Welcome to the Canvas Podcast, where we bring on data and business leaders to talk about how to make data easier for everyone. Today I am super excited to have Patrick Miller, the Head of Data at Newfront on the show. 

On the show, Patrick talks about his background in ML, how to run your data team as a product team, when reverse ETL makes sense, and when to prioritize ML as a solution to data problems.

Learn more about Patrick here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-w-miller/

Learn more about Newfront here: https://www.newfront.com/

Welcome to the Canvas podcast, where we bring business and data leaders together to talk about how to make data easier for everyone. Today, we're super excited to have one of our investors, and CEO of Sendbird, John Kim on the show.

In this episode, John talks about how he got hooked on coding and his past as a professional gamer. He also breaks down his entrepreneurial journey and his path to starting Sendbird, the conversations platform that powers billions of conversations on apps like DoorDash, Reddit, and Hinge. Lastly, John talks about scaling a culture of data-driven decision-making for non-technical teams.

Read the full transcript here: https://canvasapp.com/blog/using-real-time-data-to-power-billions-of-conversations-with-john-kim-ceo-of-sendbird/

Check out Sendbird here: https://sendbird.com/

Follow John on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/doshkim

In this episode of Making Data Easier, Jake Peterson speaks with host Ryan Buick about how he has implemented a data maturity framework at top tech companies throughout his career.

Jake talks about his current career as Head of Data at Vanta, the automated security monitoring platform that quickly helps companies get SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001 certified. Jake also discusses how he started data programming in SAS, the statistical analysis tool. From there, he shares the things he learned building analytics systems and processes as an Analytics Engineering Manager during the early days of Facebook and as a Senior Analytics Manager at Flexport.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What the data maturity framework is, and how to implement it in your company
• What problems the Modern Data Stack has solved, and what issues remain
• The things you should prioritize as a data leader in your first few months
• How data needs vary by the deterministic nature of the business model

Learn more

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-peterson-08395b3/
• https://www.vanta.com/
• https://twitter.com/christinacaci?lang=en