D2DO269: Intergalactic Dataspeak and Making Data Actionable

Day Two DevOps

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Summary

Data and what you do with it is the topic of today’s show with guest Dominic Chapman, the Head of Product at Axiom. Dominic’s career focus is on data, how to store and how to operationalize all the data that different technology stacks create. We talk with Dominic about how the data does not lie, and how collections of data can be analyzed to find valuable insights, and options for what to do with all that data that you’ve collected. Lastly, we find out what intergalactic dataspeak is.

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Episode Guest: Dominic Chapman, Head of Product, Axiom

Over the last decade Dominic Chapman has helped shape experiences that created enthusiastic advocates – going from zero, hunting for PMF, and reaching multi-million ARR. He has co-founded a consumer product, scaled to millions of interactions, and landed in the Top 100 of the App Store.

He also has learned the messy reality of finding PMF with a clear ICP while driving a product-led growth motion at Graphy. Currently, he is building the next generation of data infrastructure at Axiom for 30,000+ fast-growing teams, including Asana, Luma AI, and M1 Finance. He has been involved in countless product iterations, GTM experiments, and a systematic approach to driving adoption. He writes about what it takes to build lovable products—from those early proof-of-concepts to scaling through product-led growth and enterprise sales.

Episode Links:

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