
The Slingshot Blog
Get the latest trends in project management, team collaboration, data visualization and more. Here we share our knowledge, best advice, how-tos, research, insights, and more - all with the aim of helping you boost team results.

Fueling Growth: How HubSpot for Startups is Aiding Early-Stage Businesses
Build brand awareness. Acquire and retain customers. Increase revenue. Stay sane in the process. These are just some of the challenges early-stage startups deal with. To fuel growth, they jump through hoops and fight the competition with fresh ideas and innovative marketing. But what else can help these entrepreneurs? Well. There is, of course, technology.

Top 10 SaaS KPIs You Should Track in Your Business
Measure your success, identify areas for improvement, and allow data-driven decision-making by tracking these SaaS KPIs:

Construction Reporting – What Is it and How it Works?
Whether you're a construction professional or simply interested in learning more about the industry, this article will provide you with an overview of construction reporting and its role in construction projects’ success.

SaaS Dashboard Examples, Metrics & KPIs
You can start gaining insights into your SaaS product’s performance and make data-driven decisions to optimize your business by tracking these common SaaS metrics:

What is Operational Analytics and Why Should You Use It
Operational analytics is like having a superpower that lets you peek into the hidden world of data and uncover insights that can supercharge your business operations. It's like having a crystal ball, but instead of predicting the future, it helps you understand the present and make data-driven decisions that keep your business running like a well-oiled machine.

Why Is Data Crucial in Startup Financing
Data plays a crucial role in startup financing by helping entrepreneurs secure funding and investors make informed investment decisions that ultimately are a win-win situation for both parties.

Data Analytics for Tech Companies: The Right Way to Decision-Making
"Don't stop me now, ‘cause I'm having a good time!" We can bet that's what data's singing right now, at the top of its lungs. In 2023, the world will generate nearly three times the data generated in 2019.

Best Business Intelligence Tools for Startups
We created this guide of the best BI tools for startups to narrow your choices and presented you with some of the crucial pros and cons of the best BI solutions.

Top 11 Startup Challenges and How to Overcome Them
How can you ensure your startup is one of the 1 out of 10 that makes it? How can you position your startup for success? How can plan ahead to provide your startup with the most opportunities and flexibility to achieve your goals?

Why Data Literacy is the Way to Go and How to Build It
"Let's learn to speak data." That quote is making its way all over businesses these days. And even though the conversation might not start with those exact words, finding the way to build and promote a data literacy program in your team and company has become a necessary skill for many.