11 episodes

Welcome to the Making Data Easier, presented by Canvas. On this show, we bring business and data leaders together to talk about how to make data easier for everyone.

Making Data Easier Canvas

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Welcome to the Making Data Easier, presented by Canvas. On this show, we bring business and data leaders together to talk about how to make data easier for everyone.

    Using data to power business outcomes with Jonathan Barrett, CEO at Joon Solutions

    Using data to power business outcomes with Jonathan Barrett, CEO at Joon Solutions

    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.

    • 26 min
    Fixing the last mile of analytics with David Jayatillake, CEO at Delphi

    Fixing the last mile of analytics with David Jayatillake, CEO at Delphi

    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. 

    • 26 min
    Succeeding as the first data hire with David Shore, Principal at Snowpack Data

    Succeeding as the first data hire with David Shore, Principal at Snowpack 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.

    • 29 min
    Becoming a data leader with Mike Cohen, Head of Data at Substack

    Becoming a data leader with Mike Cohen, Head of Data at Substack

    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.

    • 24 min
    Defining success as a Chief of Staff with Sonja Manning at Levels Health

    Defining success as a Chief of Staff with Sonja Manning at Levels Health

    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. 

    • 31 min
    Defining the role of Biz Ops and its future in data with Yazan El-Baba of Emergence Capital

    Defining the role of Biz Ops and its future in data with Yazan El-Baba of Emergence Capital

    Follow Yaz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yazanelbaba


    Connect with Yaz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yazanelbaba/


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


    Learn more about Emergence Capital at https://www.emcap.com/

    • 34 min

Customer Reviews

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10 Ratings

10 Ratings

MPickett1234 ,

Great straightforward and valuable content!

Interviews get right to the point. Good pragmatic discussions, insights and recommendations!

appBob 2020 ,

Nicely done Canvas team

Really cool folks on this from the data perspective. Looking forward to more of these.

Gsbabe ,

So clear

Finally…a data podcast that focuses on usability! Thanks!

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