Product-Led Data with Arpit Choudhury

Arpit Choudhury is the founder of Data-led Academy, a go-to place for anybody to learn how to work with data. In this episode, he explains why data is at the heart of being product-led and offers advice on implementation and documentation. He also talks about the different types of technologies and tools that startups should know about and consider investing in.   Show Notes [01:18] What being data-led means to Arpit [02:39] Why product-led companies should be data-led  [07:13] On data collection, storage, analysis, and activation  [13:25] Some of the most popular tools and their open-source alternatives [18:10] On model data [19:02] Have your data warehouse as your main source [20:50] Arpit’s recommended tools for product-led startups [26:38] Implement server-side analytics from the get-go [29:24] How to overcome “data spaghetti” [34:00] Create a tracking plan   About Arpit Choudhury  Arpit Choudhury is a non-engineer who loves data and application programming interface (API). He started Data-led Academy as a side project about a year ago because of the lack of educational resources for non-techy people, but now, it’s a full-time endeavor.  Challenge is a word that can be connected to Arpit—he likes to think about the big challenges we face as a society, work on challenging problems, and challenge the status quo. He is also driven by building value and passionate about contributing to communities. Links Segment Connections RudderStack Fivetran Stitch Matillion mParticle Hull Amperity Snowflake Google BigQuery AWS Redshift Heap Indicative Rakam PopSQL Metabase Redash Superset Preset Amplitude Brave   Profile  Data-led Academy How to create a tracking plan Arpit Choudhury on Twitter Arpit Choudhury on LinkedIn