Video: Watch the very happy Tableau team ring the opening bell on the NYSE

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It doesn’t get much better than this for a group of entrepreneurs. Tableau Software made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange this morning, with CEO Christian Chabot ringing the opening bell after their IPO priced at $31 per share. Wall Street obviously liked what they saw in the maker of data visualization products…. Read More…

Tableau boosts IPO price range to $28 to $30, signaling strong demand for shares

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Tableau is inching closer to becoming a publicly-traded company, with the Seattle maker of data visualization software expected to begin trading on Friday. But investors who want a piece of the 10-year-old company may have to pay a pretty penny. In an updated SEC filing today, the company boosted its proposed offering price to as… Read More…

VoloMetrix raises $3.3M to help determine how workers spend their days

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VoloMetrix has raised $3.3 million in series A financing, money that the Seattle startup will use to continue developing an online service which helps make organizations more efficient by pinpointing where workers are spending their time. Total funding in the company, which is led by by former Bain & Company employee Ryan Fuller, now stands at $4.9… Read More…

The best and worst jobs in America: From software geeks to newspaper hacks

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It’s a good thing we got out of the newspaper business. According to a survey out today from CareerCast.com, newspaper reporter ranks as the worst job in America. “Ever-shrinking newsrooms, dwindling budgets and competition from Internet businesses have created very difficult conditions for newspaper reporters, which has been ranked as this year’s worst job,” the… Read More…

Tableau Software updates IPO filing, shows growing sales and Q1 net loss of $3.7M

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Tableau Software’s revenue grew at a rapid clip during the first quarter, but the Seattle maker of data visualization products also swung to a net loss, according to an updated IPO filing released Friday afternoon. Tableau — which filed to raise up to a $150 million in an IPO earlier this month — posted a… Read More…

Fast-growing Tableau Software files for $150M IPO

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Tableau Software, the Seattle maker of data visualization products, has filed to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering. Founded ten years ago as a research project at Stanford University and led by CEO Christian Chabot, the company reported revenue of $127 million last year. That was more than double the total… Read More…

Measuring interruptions: How to keep your team in the ‘zone’

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When you look at productive output from a software development team, there’s one factor that almost always predicts problems. You can have top talent; an outstanding idea; great agile process. And yet, if you don’t treat interruptions as a significant source of danger, the progress will be slow and painful. We all know and love… Read More…

Tableau CEO Christian Chabot: The power of perseverance over pivoting

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One of the interesting things about Tableau Software is that the company’s mission — to help people see and understand data — really hasn’t changed much since it was founded 10 years ago in the aftermath of the dot-com bust. I got the chance to ask CEO Christian Chabot about the company’s ability to stay… Read More…

Commentary: We need more startup marketing minds (a.k.a. Full-Stack Marketers)

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Three years ago I was at a dinner and an entrepreneur was telling me and the VP of Marketing of a successful startup how there weren’t enough marketing folks in Seattle. This VP of Marketing disagreed and said there are plenty of marketing folks, but not the ones startups need. If you go to Twitter… Read More…

Smarter package shipping: EnRoute nabs $1.25 million

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Is there a smarter way to ship packages? Enroute Systems thinks so, and the Seattle startup just reeled in $1.25 million in fresh capital to continue developing technologies that help retailers determine the fastest (and cheapest) way to get packages from point A to point B. Customers using the technology include Zulily, Brooks Sports, Zumiez, VitaminLife… Read More…