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Data Management for Startups

Not all startups that accumulate data, end up leveraging it to its full strength. Despite a glut of data available through 3rd party tools like Google Analytics; most startups waste effort on collecting, organizing, storing it. In sum, start-ups could…

Nailing the Omnichannel Beast

Of late, both ‘traditional economy’ (eg. CPG) and ‘new economy’ industries (eg. Online marketplaces), have begun to recognize that customers flirt online and offline, with their brands. ‘O2O’ (‘offline to online’/ vice versa) the buzzword is fast turning into a…

Analytics for Ecommerce startups

Getting the E-commerce Analytics cart going Early-stage e-commerce founders often grapple with issues like marketplace setup, establishing partnerships, attracting traffic, tracking user journeys, order fulfillment, SEO/SEM and so on. The more early-stage the start-up, the more the time a founder…

Navigating the SocialTech jungle

This blinding image is an extract from the Tech Landscape Supergraphic for 2019 (more details here); mapping over 7000 companies offering tech tools. It broadly classifies tools into Advertising, Content, Social, Sales, Data, Management. Social Media Marketing & Monitoring (S3M)…

Riding the hashtag wave right

Brands leverage Social Media in myriad ways. As platforms grew, brands started experimenting with various formats to reach out to Social audiences. Estimated number of Facebook users in India amount to nearly one-fifth of India’s total population. 270million is indeed…

When culture meets social

The Japanese are known worldwide for their politeness. Much has been said by tourists and foreign residents, in praise of how mindful the Japanese are, of people around them. Earlier this year, after Japan’s loss to Belgium in the FIFA…

Lean Analytics- To Start-ups from Heaven!

Eric Ries introduced the world to the concept of a Lean Start-up. It is a methodology designed to get companies to adopt a Build, Measure, Learn product development cycle. This emphasizes that teams quickly build an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) of a…

Amazon’s big game

Media attention for Amazon compared to other American corporate greats (Andrew Carnegie in Steel, Rockerfeller in oil & electrification, Gates in computer operating systems), is formidable. The company is much written about, debated, discussed and admired/ criticized globally. Considering its…

The next wave for Customer Data Platforms (CDPs)

Over the past few decades, the way organizations collect,manage and mine data has changed rapidly. The 90’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems gave way to the 2000’s Data Management Platforms, which are now jostling with CDPs, for businesses’ attention. The…

Dressing up “The Hive”

Inching towards our 3-year mark this year, we decided to spell out our distinct identity. Thus began our journey of designing ThinkBumblebee’s office space. As well-followed designer, illustrator, and author Frank Chimero puts it — “People ignore Design that ignores People”. Thus,…

Getting hyper-local e-comm right

What’s so challenging about hyper-local ecomm businesses? Let’s take grocery brands, for instance. Customers transact frequently, a typical cart is likely to contain perishables, per-unit product-value is small. For brands dealing in cold-chain dependent products like milk, meat etc., supply…

Instagram API - Leaving likes behind

Earlier this year, Instagram experimented with design tweaks, to stop showing the number of likes to users other than the post’s author. So, if you posted on your Instagram handle about the exotic holiday you are on, people seeing that post…

How Gaming companies use Analytics to optimize revenue

India has traditionally had a love-hate relationship with gaming. Despite parental focus on academics (and dislike towards gaming), gamers are enjoying the benefits of an exploding mobile ecosystem. This demand surge makes the industry poised for growth. To scale and grow, gaming…

Facebook mining Facebook - Version 2.0

Further to our analysis of ‘Study from Facebook’, a recent development caught our eye — Facebook launched what it refers to as a ‘market research app’ — Facebook Viewpoints. At this stage, it sounds pretty much an extension of Facebook’s June 2019 launch of Study from Facebook. Users are…

Role of Machine Learning in Analytics

In today’s times, Analytics is an integral part of businesses, irrespective of their size. Home brokers analyse buyer behaviour and background to ascertain how soon a home deal can be closed. CPG brands use Analytics to assess their performance vis-à-vis…