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What’s the Best Way to Visualize Your Data? A Handy Flowchart to Help

One of our engineers, Klara, was curious whether there was a set of guidelines to help people choose...

  • by Nick Smith

New features that make it easier to build a better TV dashboard

When it comes to presenting key metrics on a TV dashboard, it’s extremely easy to overcomplicate things....

  • by Tom Randle

Frameworks for Setting Company Priorities: The Golden Circle

This is the first in a series of blog posts where we’ll discuss different frameworks for setting...

  • by Laura Tyson

Designing and Building Dashboards: The Ultimate Guide to Data Visualizations, Part 2

This is the second of two posts where we look at the most effective data visualizations and describe...

  • by Laura Tyson

UK SMEs Growth Stunted by Failure to Identify and Track Key Metrics [SURVEY RESULTS]

In the startup world, we all love to learn what separates a thriving business from those that crash...

  • by Simon Whittick

Why Goal-Focused Teams are Essential for High-Growth Companies

Imagine what would happen if the members of a rowing team were each trying to go a different...

  • by Nick Smith

The KPI Waterfall: How to Make Your Entire Company Goal-Focused

As a company grows, it’s easy to lose focus on the primary business objective. Each team ends...

  • by Laura Tyson

Interview with a Startup Co-Founder: How Tracking KPIs Could Have Saved LayerVault

Success stories are always inspiring, but sometimes we learn the most from failures - our own and from others....

  • by Laura Tyson

Customer Support: 6 Metrics and KPIs to Improve Self-Service

Editor's note: this is a guest post by Adam Rogers, content marketer at Kayako. The more...

  • by Laura Tyson

6 Hacks for Creating a Transparent Culture at Your Company

It’s easy enough to talk about having a transparent culture and the benefits are certainly compelling. Transparency...

  • by Laura Tyson

Choosing Metrics: How to Keep Your KPIs Simple

KPIs are the business equivalent of a compass. They show where your company is headed (orientation) and how...

  • by Laura Tyson

Benchmarks: how to set challenging but realistic business goals

Imagine you want to breed bunnies. (Why not? Bunnies are adorable!) If you don’t know how quickly...

  • by Laura Tyson

Put your key metrics where your team can see them

Geckoboard turns data from the tools you already use into live, shared dashboards, so your team can spot problems earlier and act while there’s still time.

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