One of the best things about my job is that I get to continually scan the industry and learn about who’s driving innovation (see my predictions for 2018 here). As a result, I see five key trends emerging in the analytics space over the next year.

When most people think of Business Intelligence, they think of dashboards. But despite the fact that dashboards are the default approach to BI, there are a range of business use cases today where dashboards are failing (miserably).

As an entrepreneur and a CEO of a startup, I think it’s vital to have a mentor. You often come to critical junctures and that’s when it can be invaluable to speak to someone. You can’t talk to your colleagues though because you need to motivate them and keep the organization growing. That’s why having an external mentor is very helpful.

Continuing my series of blogs examining the products, services and client benefits borne out of Yellowfin’s partnerships, I’m pleased to introduce our new fintech partner, ChartIQ. ChartIQ provides HTML5 components and the Finsemble integration platform to banks, brokerages, trading platforms, and financial portals worldwide.