Community Milestone: Our Journey to 7000+ Readers, Contributors, & Supporters

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We're thrilled to share that Modern Data 101 has reached a new milestone with a readership of over 7000 readers on Substack!

With each not just supporting the MD101 initiative but adding to technologies, approaches, and cultures we conceptualise, curate, or share together!

45+ Voices Resonating on All Things Data Products! 🎶

When we say MD101 is a melting pot of cultures, knowledge, ideas, and innovations, we mean it! With 45 authors, co-authors, and contributors so far, including top industry veterans, in-house experts, and solid curators, the Modern Data 101 Substack has been an amalgamation of perspectives from across the globe on productising data and enhancing data cultures.

"None of us is as smart as all of us." — Ken Blanchard

We actively collaborate with experts in the data space to surface diverse perspectives and value to the community. Feel free to reach out if you have hot ideas brewing! As they say, no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Contact us at community@moderndata101.com

*Note: All work is vetted for quality & relevance.

What You’ve Been Saying 🧡

Every day, we are overwhelmed with the support, collaboration, and partnership from you, which immediately adds incredible value to even the blank canvas we start with 🖌️

Your insights, energy, and trust turn simple ideas into impact, and this two-way commitment has always inspired us to strive for better. Together, we’re not just building solutions; we’re weaving long-lasting value. A new direction led by a collective of incredible minds.

"The best way to predict the future is to create it—together." — Peter Drucker

Thank you for being an integral part of this journey — for showing up, contributing, and making this community not just a network, but a living and breathing body of ideas and action. Here’s to continuing to grow, innovate, and thrive together.

Featured Work from Modern Data 101 ⭐️

The Data Product Playbook Downloaded by Over 2000 of You!

Since its launch, the playbook has been downloaded over 2000 times and counting! We’re thrilled with the response and quality feedback so far to this 6-week guide we’ve built with industry experts and practitioners. Get your copy now!

A comprehensive read to get you started on your Data Product journey.
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Exceptional Analytics Heroes Joined Us for a Tête-à-tête! 🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♂️

A dedicated POV from Analytics & Data Engineers downloaded 7000 times!— We've had a blast chatting with our Analytics Heroes, who live and breathe data every day! They are spilling the beans on their challenges, clever workarounds, and why the field is buzzing with Data Products in this ever-evolving landscape.

It was a fun time, thank you so much for all those questions, it's always fun to think about them and see like "What! Now I'm a data nerd! ~ Sheila Torrico | Tech Product/Program Manager & Founding Member of Data Product Leadership Community

To be honest there was a lot of reflecting for me as well, like I haven't thought so deep about the questions that you've asked me at least not in a dedicated environment so this has really helped me to reflect on them! ~ Dominik Neumann | Data & AI Strategy Manager at Accenture

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The Data Navigator Onboarded 3500+ Sailors! 🧭 🏴‍☠️

While our Substack feeds your appetite for top-notch core data content, The Data Navigator has become a go-to news digest for everything sizzling in the modern data world. We’re talking hot topics, top events & news, must-read content, shoutouts to our standout community members, and much more!

Stronger Than Ever LinkedIn Community of 9K Members!

With 9,000 of you chiming in on our daily updates and info bytes, we are overwhelmed by your constant support! It has been an amazing experience for the team to see you constantly show up, engage, and share insights with the community.

Quarterly State of Data Products Flying Off the Shelf with 700 Subscriptions 🗞️

The quarterly edition of The State of Data Products (SODP) captures the evolving state of data products in the industry. The latest edition was an overhaul of the state and evolution of data products across the four quarters in 2024, which received a great response from the community.

Now, with the upcoming Q1-2025 Edition, we’re taking it further, diving deep into what’s shaping the data product landscape today (join the waitlist here). To really get the essence of how the Data Product landscape is shifting, feel free to study the last edition before the next one drops!

Added to 1500+ Public Reading Lists on Medium!

If you’re not a substacker or don’t like to frequent social media, we got you 🧡
We recently started channeling the community’s work on Medium and saw brilliant resonance in a new “reader” community. We’ve stumbled upon a whole new precinct of data folks who have been discussing, highlighting, adding your work to TBRs with cool names, and making so much more out of our authors’ ideas and approaches.

We’re Always Brewing ♨

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It’s a Long Way Ahead, Thanks for Being Here 🧡

Stay tuned to moderndata101.com for more actionable resources from us!

MD101 Blogs & Modules: Find product strategies that work for data, concepts, approaches, how-tos, to-dos, and more!
MD101 Curation: Stop the content overwhelm. Find all the top resources from the best sources, curated with time and care by subject matter experts in the community- all in one place!
MD101 Directory: Your go-to directory to discover top voices and experts from niche spaces like data products, data mesh, productised analytics & AI/ML, and more!