#CrayonYearbook2021: Looking back with gratitude
It’s time for the #CrayonYearbook! Thanks to our amazing Crayons, we’ve seen achievements aplenty in 2021. As the year winds down, we count down...
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How big data and product analytics are impacting the fintech industry
The fintech industry is growing at an accelerated pace, driven by new technological innovations and evolving needs. In many cases, the modern enhancements across...
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Enterprise data security: Driving business resilience post-COVID
Many businesses have experienced rapid digitization amid the pandemic. Several enterprises shifted to remote working and cloud-based platforms. For the past 22 months, the...
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Where left and right brain meet: Priyanshu Mishra on product managers
It took me a while to get my first job. The industry was still reeling after the 2008 financial crash. I found a role...
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Talking endurance and resilience with Thaddeus Lawrence
What is more important: the journey, or the destination? For Thaddeus Lawrence, it is the company that matters most. “Because the quality of our lives...
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Experimenting allows you to grow fast or fail fast: Dexter Zhuang
William Blake said, “The true method of knowledge is experiment.” And product veteran Dexter Zhuang strongly believes this. “Experimenting allows you to grow fast or...
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5 Types of Data that Savvy Analysts Use to Power Market Research
Market research is a critical component of any company’s ongoing business strategy. Whether it’s releasing a new product or measuring the current effectiveness of...
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Making things happen: Devaki Gopalan on the inner workings of a PMO
My career started in 1999, a freshly minted graduate from BITS Pilani. And, like most eager beavers wanting to prove themselves, I was ready...
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Aarti Ramakrishnan is IFTA’s ‘Woman Leader in Fintech’ 2021
Crayon Data’s co-founder and COO Aarti Ramakrishnan was presented with the IFTA 2021 Award for Woman Leader in Fintech. The award was given by India FinTech Forum (IFTA). The India...
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Meet the Crayon Captains!
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” In our series, #CrayonCaptains, you’ll meet the leaders who take our vision and help their teams...
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Can trading bots make you a Crypto billionaire?
The headline of this article is a little clickbaity. For that, we apologize, but as long as you’re here, might as well sit down...
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Life and business lessons from Jane Egerton-Idehen
Jane Egerton-Idehen, the Head of Sales Middle East & Africa at Meta (formerly Facebook), has been on a lifelong quest, seeking balance between professional and personal success. She...
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Integrate deeply, so customers find it difficult to pull the plug: Suresh Shankar on Churn.FM podcast
Crayon Data’s founder and CEO Suresh Shankar was recently on the Churn.FM podcast. Hosted by Andrew Michael, CEO of Avrio, they talk about ways...
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From gaming to platform engineering, Sundara Raghavan's journey
Like almost every other computer science graduate in the late 2000s, I started out as a Java software developer. From the beginning of my career, I’ve enjoyed experimenting with and adapting...
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Progressive Web Apps 101: Everything You Need to Know
A Progressive Web App (PWA) is an application designed to utilize modern Web capabilities to provide users with a better experience than a traditional...
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Crayon Data in the HFS Hot Vendors Compendium 2018-2021
Date: October 31, 2021 Source: HFS Research The HFS Hot Vendors are an exclusive group of emerging players, each with a differentiated value proposition...
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The art of simple tech with solutions architect Ragunath Venkatraman
Before we talk about anything else: who exactly is a solutions architect? Quoting H.L. Mencken, “For every complex problem, there’s a solution that is simple,...
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Aarti Ramakrishnan talks diversity, entrepreneurship and more on The Prodcast
What does diversity mean at Crayon? “It’s about creating a stage for equal opportunity at every turn. For the hiring team, it’s about actively...
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The accidental data scientist - Kanimozhi U
I never set out to be a data scientist. After a B Tech in information technology and ME in computer science, I started working...
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Use consumption data to enhance personalization: Suresh Shankar in HKET
Date: October 5, 2021 Source: HKET Providing services through digital channels is a designated action by companies, and using data on hand to provide...
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Suresh Shankar's guide to company building on ContraMinds podcast
Date: October 5 Source: ContraMinds Crayon Data’s founder and CEO Suresh Shankar appeared on Episode 17 of the ContraMinds podcast. In an hour-long conversation,...
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Suresh Shankar's leadership lessons in Forbes India
Entrepreneurs must have the persistence gene, believes Crayon Data’s founder and CEO, Suresh Shankar. In Forbes India‘s Startup Fridays podcast, he shared traits that...
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From Zero to Nine: the culture journey @ Crayon
When you start a company, you pretty much have a blank slate. You have to think about the picture you want to create on it. You have the opportunity to decide what you want to bring people into – the culture, the value...
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Personalize to retain your customers: Andrew Michael on tackling churn
Andrew Michael is no stranger to the startup game. He founded three companies, which created four products. “But I had to sell them for...
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