Library Podcasts The Right Track

with Che Sharma

In episode 11 of The Right Track, Stef Olafsdottir speaks with Che Sharma, CEO and Founder of Eppo. This conversation includes many unique insights from Che’s experience scaling Airbnb’s early data culture, as well as lessons on leading data teams, defining a good North Star metric, and leveraging experimentation tools

with Boris Jabes

In episode 10 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Boris Jabes, CEO and Co-Founder of Census. They discuss the impact of SaaS on product releases, the challenges of stale data, insights on data ownership and how product management has evolved.

with Erik Bernhardsson

In episode 9 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Erik Bernhardsson, founder of Modal Labs and an early engineer at Spotify. This conversation covers cohort analysis, data team recruiting, and Erik's experiences building and refining data cultures.

with Josh Wills

In episode 8 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Josh Wills of WeaveGrid. They address common misconceptions about data and product analytics, tips for hiring data product managers, and many invaluable lessons Josh has learned from his time at companies like Slack, Google, and Cloudera.

with Benn Stancil

In episode 7 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Benn Stancil of Mode. They discuss the value of analytics for the end user, the emerging role of analytics engineer, building and maintaining data trust, and tactics for optimizing data teams.

with Laurie Voss

In episode 6 of The Right Track, Stef Olafsdottir speaks with Laurie Voss of Netlify. They discuss the roles in modern data teams, how Netlify uses data, insights on early data hires, and whether or not self-serve analytics will ever work.

with Elena Dyachkova

In episode 5 of The Right Track, Stef is joined by Elena Dyachkova of Peloton. They discuss the intersection of fitness and data, as well as the tools Peloton uses for data management, governance, and analytics.

with Claire Armstrong

In episode 4 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Claire Armstrong of Fender. They unpack the digital products Claire’s overseen at Fender, how her career has interwoven her passions for both music and tech, and tactics for approaching data with user empathy in mind.

with Nick Threapleton

In episode 3 of The Right Track, Stef is joined by Nick Threapleton of Culture Amp. They discuss tactics for building data cultures, Nick’s journey from marketing analytics to product analytics, and empowering teams to use data in their work.

with Maura Church

In episode 2 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Maura Church of Patreon. They examine data literacy within orgs, the democratization of data science, and tactics for integrating data scientists into product teams.

with John Cutler

In this debut episode of The Right Track, Stef Olafsdottir of Avo speaks with John Cutler of Amplitude. They discuss the growing proximity of product teams to customers, managing organizational inertia, and building better data cultures.

Welcome to The Right Track, the podcast for people building data cultures. We’ll hear from leaders in engineering, product, and data, as they share their frustrating and inspiring stories on building the best products for their customers by mastering outcome-driven development, self-serve analytics, and great data culture. The Right Track is hosted by Stefanía Ólafsdóttir, […]