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Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting without spreadsheets

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Re: Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting without spreadsheets

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Post by devahaz »

labaraka wrote: post #19
devahaz wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

we started with SaaS, so we currently have the most functionality there. However, we are rapidly building out that kind of support. We already support linking expenses for each sale you make to support basic COGS and will have much more soon.

Thanks for the response. Will keep an eye out for that functionality. Fyi, would be willing to pay $100-150/month to give my sales team the ability to run scenarios.

Would love to hear more about specific scenarios you're looking to run. You can email me deva@opstarts.com if you'd like to talk more!

Re: Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting without spreadsheets

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Post by spocktacular »

I'm another early beta user, and have been very pleased with the product. We used spreadsheets for a while, then started running financial models using Opstarts.

I think the biggest benefit for my company has been the ability to rapidly communicate amongst the founders regarding financial options. The visualizations are clear and we spend less time getting on the same page, and more time discussing the trade-offs of different decisions. Less minutiae and more meat.

Looking forward to more support for different business models. Nice work so far.

Re: Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting without spreadsheets

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Post by nodesocket »

Can it pull financials from Stripe (plans, MRR, customers)? This would be amazing.

My other advise. Start charging (do a 1 month trial) and something like a flat rate of $12 a month to start. You can iterate later by charging per user or another model.

We are looking forward to trying Opstarts out, and if we like it and find value, totally willing to pay.

Re: Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting without spreadsheets

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Post by btown »

devahaz wrote: post #8
labaraka wrote: post #6

Love the idea! Would gladly pay for it if it supported physical product sales. i.e., ability to add COGS, have a gross margin, etc. Correct me if I am wrong but your current iteration is more geared towards SaaS startups.

we started with SaaS, so we currently have the most functionality there. However, we are rapidly building out that kind of support. We already support linking expenses for each sale you make to support basic COGS and will have much more soon.

Can second labaraka - the inventory-holding startup world needs a product like this desperately! To the developers: I included my contact information and a writeup about our fashion brand's pain points in the signup page, and I'd be happy to give feedback about the product at some point - just send me a ping!

Re: Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting without spreadsheets

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Post by andylash »

alxdw wrote: post #25

Looks (and sounds) like it might be very helpful. However as I'm in the UK, any chance of currency conversion?

Do you actually need currency conversions (in the sense that you deal in multiple currencies and want to normalize them to one) or do you just want to be able to use pounds vs dollars and have the numbers like reasonable for a UK person?

For sure we ultimately want to support the former, but worked on systems that do this, there's a fair amount of complexity depending on what you really need to do.

Re: Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting without spreadsheets

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Post by devahaz »

nodesocket wrote: post #26

Can it pull financials from Stripe (plans, MRR, customers)? This would be amazing. My other advise. Start charging (do a 1 month trial) and something like a flat rate of $12 a month to start. You can iterate later by charging per user or another model. We are looking forward to trying Opstarts out, and if we like it and find value, totally willing to pay.

not yet, but we agree! Integrations are something we're working on. I just started a discussion thread for suggestions: https://opstarts.zendesk.com/hc/communities/public/questions...

Thanks for the pricing feedback, I like those suggestions. We're currently evaluating pricing and will have some updates on launch pricing soon.

Re: Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting without spreadsheets

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Post by nodesocket »

devahaz wrote: post #29
nodesocket wrote: post #26

Can it pull financials from Stripe (plans, MRR, customers)? This would be amazing. My other advise. Start charging (do a 1 month trial) and something like a flat rate of $12 a month to start. You can iterate later by charging per user or another model. We are looking forward to trying Opstarts out, and if we like it and find value, totally willing to pay.

not yet, but we agree! Integrations are something we're working on. I just started a discussion thread for suggestions: https://opstarts.zendesk.com/hc/communities/public/questions... Thanks for the pricing feedback, I like those suggestions. We're currently evaluating pricing and will have some updates on launch pricing soon.

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