DeveloperWeek 2020

One of the most difficult tasks product companies face is developing methods that will turn a company’s data into actionable insights. In response, some will build their own infrastructure and KPIs, while others opt for third-party analytics services.
Alex Li, the former CTO of Smule, the world’s largest social music platform, experimented with both approaches - yielding successes, missteps, and some valuable lessons. In this session, Alex outlines the key takeaways from his seven years at Smule, from finding its North Star KPIs to applying statistics to product analytics. He’ll cover:
-    Working with scalable, quality data
-    Applying truthful statistics principles for A/B tests
-    Leveraging self-service data exploration
-    Enabling collaborative decision making via a “Single Source of Truth”
- Weighing build vs buy