Author Archives: Kirill Andriychuk

Architecture of a (good) Data Warehouse [How To]

At the core of every well functioning Business Intelligence system is a well functioning Data Warehouse that combines, aggregates and models the data that is consumed by the enterprise almost instantaneously. A well designed Data Warehouse (DW) will scale with the business and will accommodate any and all data demands that will be thrown at it. … Read More

CI/CD with Airflow

Last week SageData team deployed an upgrade that allows our clients to run integrated Development and Production Airflow instances with CI/CD. To expand further on the value of this upgrade and to explain how a Data team can use this … Read More

Top 10 Financial Metrics Your Startup Should Track

      In this third article of the series Metrics Your Startup Should Track, we will focus on the aspect that is the most important to founders and investors – the financial metrics. These metrics are important for founders, … Read More

Top 10 User Metrics Your Startup Should Track

In the last article, we started by listing the top 10 most important metrics for startups. These 10 metrics were good as a start, but in order to track all aspects of the business, a company needs more metrics than … Read More

Top 10 Metrics Your Startup Should Track

In the startup world, you will inevitably hear from everywhere and everyone that you should be data-driven and understand the key metrics for startups. The thing is, using data analytics is not simply a modern way of growing a business, … Read More

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The True Cost of Business Intelligence

I have been engaged in many discussions with founders and teams on the pros and cons of having some components of Business Intelligence in-house and outsourcing other components of Business Intelligence Even a small startup can be wasting upwards of … Read More

Why Detecting Anomalies in your Data is important

Why Detecting Anomalies is Important? Detecting Anomalies in your data is important because it enables you, the business owner/founder/head-of-BI to quickly react to the business changes. After all, why would you not want to know that your sales for product … Read More

Forecasting The Future. Grow Your Business In Times Of Crisis

Forecasting is a powerful tool for companies trying to navigate the murky waters of the post-COVID economy. It allows them to get a glimp… … Read More

[Guide]: 7 Steps To Build The Best Business Intelligence System ever

Building your Business Intelligence system right from the start can save you time and money. Use these 8 steps to create the best BI system. … Read More

Do you really need to BUILD a Business Intelligence system in house?

During my extensive career in Business Intelligence (BI), I saw many companies starting to get serious about being a Data-Driven company w… … Read More