#36 Working with data & metrics - with Ben Yoskovitz, Founding partner @Highline BETA

With many years of experience in product management, data, and analytics Ben Yoskovitz joined the Product Bakery to have a conversation about these topics. As a founding partner of Highline BETA a venture studio and venture capital firm, he looks a lot into data and analytics of companies to support business ideas and startups.  In this episode, the product bakers discussed the basics of defining good metrics & KPIs as well as the history and future trends of data-driven work and mindsets.      Table of content:  00:30 - Intro Ben  03:50 - The rise of data awareness 05:20 - Working with & defining data 06:55 - Leading vs. lagging KPIs 11:25 - Defining one metric that matters (North Star) 16:30 - Measuring wrong data 19:45 - Complexity of quantitative data & vanity metrics 27:10 - Establishing a data mindset in startups & teams 30:20 - Understand the big picture as a Leadership Team 32:30 - Defining assumptions & hypothesis 37:30 - Dealing with legacy data infrastructure  38:30 - Ben's outlook for the future of working with data 41:20 - Debrief Alex & Christian   Follow Ben's work: Twitter: @byosko Linkedin: @byosko Book: Lean Analytics Website: https://highlinebeta.com/   ✩ Follow The Product Bakery Podcast ✩    👨‍💻 Linkedin: Product Bakery    📸 Instagram: @productbakery    🐦 Twitter: @productbakery20    🌍 Website: https://www.product-bakery.com/