Metadata
- Author: Mode
- Full Title:: A Note From the Mode Founders
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- URL:: https://mode.com/blog/mode-founders-note-thoughtspot-acquisition/
- Finished date:: 2023-06-27
Highlights
Mode was the first product that reveled in the unglamorous aspects of their job: SQL, ad hoc analysis, and constant iteration between a data team and their coworkers. It was a product, they said, that understood how they worked, and got out of their way. (View Highlight)
Our new graphs weren’t simple plots of query results; they were designed to be analytical tools unto themselves. With this launch, customers could explore, enrich, and analyze disaggregated datasets using a drag-and-drop interface and a familiar function language. (View Highlight)
We believed the best data product would be the one that rejected the distinction between business intelligence and advanced analytics (View Highlight)
New highlights added 2023-06-27
They bought Mode because they wanted a product that was built, as we often said, by analysts, for analysts. They wanted a specialized power tool. Though they liked the theoretical promise of a product that could do it all—no team can escape the need to build executive dashboards and business reports—they were worried about us losing focus. Could a small startup really do both? (View Highlight)