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Crash Course on Startup Analytics

Get a basic intro into the world of analytics! These slides will take you through sorting data sets for your startup.

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Crash Course on Startup Analytics

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  1. Crash Course on Startups Analytics Presenter: Sik Hoe Yong BI Lead, Speedrent

  2. Background • Education: • University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA • Bachelor in Business Administration • Majors: Actuarial Science & Risk Management • Past Experience: • Towers Watson- Actuarial Analyst • Easy Taxi- Head of BI • foodpanda- Head of Ops BI

  3. Objective • Learning the basic/most useful techniques to manipulate data • Getting familiar with Excel/Google Sheets • Getting familiar with some useful formulae/features • Explore possibilities with these tools

  4. Agenda • Brief Introduction to Analytics • Choosing the Right Tools • Workshop • Microsoft Excel • Google Sheets • Google App Scripts

  5. Brief Introduction of Analytics • What is analytics? • Why analytics? • Who uses analytics?

  6. Choosing the right tools • Basic Analysis: Microsoft Excel • Report Sharing/Automation: Google Sheets • Data Visualization: Microsoft Power BI • Data Crunching: SQL • Data Modeling: R

  7. Workshop • Excel • Google Sheets • Apps Scripts

  8. Getting Started • Download Raw Data: • Go to http://bit.ly/ghaws • File>Download as>Comma Separated values • Open in Microsoft Excel

  9. Microsoft Excel • One of the most popular analytics tool • Many one-click features • Good for basic/simple analysis, but too slow for massive data crunching

  10. Popular/Useful Features • Text to Column • Drop Down Items • PivotTable • Macro Recording

  11. Manipulating Dates • Getting Day, Month, Year from Dates • Getting Dates from Day, Month, Year • Finding the Beginning/End of Week/Month

  12. VLOOKUP/INDEX+MATCH • =VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num,[range_lookup]) • =INDEX(array, row_num, col_num) • =MATCH(lookup_value, lookup_array,[match_type])

  13. IF STATEMENT • =IF(logical_test,[value_if_true],[value_if_false])

  14. Google Sheets • Very progressive, a lot more possibilities • Apps Scripts, Extensions, Add-ons • Google services • Google Finance • Google Translate • But with certain limitations

  15. Google Sheets • Useful Features • Add-ons • Autochart/analysis

  16. Google Sheets: Useful Functions • FILTER • QUERY(advanced) • ARRAYFORMULA • IMPORTRANGE

  17. Other cool functions • https://support.google.com/docs/table/25273 • =GOOGLEFINANCE • =GOOGLETRANSLATE • =IMAGE

  18. Apps Script • Similar to JavaScript • Build Almost Anything • Build a Tic-Tac-Toe

  19. Prepared by: Sik Hoe Yong sikhoe.yong@uwalumni.com

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