Tableau (DATA) is top on the economic news these days, thanks to the great success of its IPO, that even few days after keeps humming at +75% vs. the initial offering price \u2013 kudos!<\/p>\n
Well, ten\u00a0years ago Tableau\u2019s founders decided they needed a change of scenery and chose the \u201cmountains and salmon and coffee and rain\u201d of Seattle, in what CEO Christian Chabot has called one of the best decisions the company has made<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is\u00a0an unequivocal endorsement of the Seattle area as a place to build technology companies in general, and of the region\u2019s leadership in big data (as well as cloud, mobile apps, gaming\u2026).<\/p>\n \u201cSeattle is in the catbird seat\u2014because of the \u2018big guys\u2019 (Amazon, Microsoft, and a significant Google presence) and also because of smaller companies like Tableau, Zillow, Inrix, Sage Bionetworks, and many others,\u201d says University of Washington computer science professor Ed Lazowska <\/a>in an email. \u201cWe can \u2018own\u2019 this.\u201d<\/p>\n Two things then: a great pool of talents, and a culture for innovation that is facilitated by a higher than average adoption of technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tableau (DATA) is top on the economic news these days, thanks to the great success of its IPO, that even few days after keeps humming at +75% vs. the initial offering price \u2013 kudos! Well, ten\u00a0years ago Tableau\u2019s founders decided they needed a change of scenery and chose the \u201cmountains and salmon and coffee and … <\/p>\n