We have been using this with our startup, it has helped us to both figure out our runway, and play around brainstorming new business models. Our investors were really impressed when we showed them as well.
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#13I clicked 'Join Beta Program' but it doesn't take me anywhere :( - this is something I would use too.
thanks for the report, fixed
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#14I clicked 'Join Beta Program' but it doesn't take me anywhere :( - this is something I would use too.
You need to click the link a second time for some reason to be taken to the form.
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#15I'm the developer on Opstarts. I'm happy to answer any questions if anyone has them. I built it using Meteor, which has been really sweet to work with.
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#16I'm an early beta user, and have been really happy with it. It saves me a bunch of time, but I think the real value is in what it teaches me about where to focus our efforts. Way easier to predict which initiatives (features, hires, etc) are going to make us money, and when we'd see returns.
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#17Here's a video of Andy Lash (author) presenting the app at the recent Meteor Devshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smnSkyRF-JY&list=UU3fBiJrFFM...
Looks like he made a lot of progress since then!
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#18Here's a video of Andy Lash (author) presenting the app at the recent Meteor Devshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smnSkyRF-JY&list=UU3fBiJrFFM... Looks like he made a lot of progress since then!
gotten a haircut at least :-)
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#19Love 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.
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.
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#20Looks promising! I love anything that helps you focus on what you're good at, which for most startup founders isn't non-technical operations and forecasting.