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by gsiener 15y ago
Waiting for the sequel: Finish with the relevant part of the metaphor.
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by gsiener 15y ago
Mike: This is great, and helps us confirm and prioritize areas we'd like to improve. Would you mind if I emailed you with a few updates we're working on?
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by gsiener 15y ago
Hmm -- I thought we did (our CTO is a huge fan of that)
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by gsiener 15y ago
Good catch, thanks! Think of those suggestions as v1...coming soon we'll have "business templates" that will flesh these out more.
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by gsiener 15y ago
Sure: Go to https://app.profitably.com/plan_ahead and model out a business. Would love to hear your thoughts on 1) how we can streamline that process 2) where you felt most confused or lost Thanks! Graham
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by gsiener 15y ago
I can second this -- it's not an incubator or EIR at all.
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by gsiener 15y ago
Yep, they certainly do.
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by gsiener 15y ago
I tried searching and got a weird unrelated app. A direct link from the website would be really helpful...
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by gsiener 15y ago
I feel silly asking, but I can't find a like to the app. Where is it?
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by gsiener 15y ago
Good point. Both are supported for this free app. Our analytics app is https only.
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by gsiener 15y ago
That'd be pretty sweet, huh? Stay tuned!
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by gsiener 15y ago
Yikes. Each step in the planning tool is a different "page" thanks to the hash in the url...were you clicking back through a bunch of stages to get off the site?
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by gsiener 15y ago
Thanks so much! We built an existing product that integrated with QuickBooks, but it turns out looking back isn't as useful if you can't use that info to look forward. We're marrying the two models right now so look for budget vs actuals r
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by gsiener 15y ago
Actually you can pretty much do that -- define the cost of acquisition for ad spend and watch how it scales with customer growth, etc. Where do you have display ads right now?
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by gsiener 15y ago
PS If anyone from Olark is lurking -- you guys have made talking with everyone a TON easier!
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by gsiener 15y ago
To clarify -- those are tools we'd like to integrate with, but we need your help in prioritizing which to start with.
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by gsiener 15y ago
A lot of startups and small businesses wind up with a crazy Excel model where they model their assumptions around things like revenue forecast. We built this to track the relationships without worrying about broken formulas, typos, etc. Ed
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by gsiener 15y ago
Great question -- here's a shot of the revenue forecast: http://cl.ly/9c99 And here's customer growth: http://cl.ly/9bLI We just built this so we're still working out how to show some polished examples.
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by gsiener 15y ago
Hey all, At Profitably, we've been building a new tool for building out the numbers behind your business idea/forecast. Our initial approach was on analytics for your business -- but it turns out people aren't ready to understand customer p
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Show HN: business plan forecasting (our new app)(app.profitably.com)
71 points by gsiener 15y ago|30 comments
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Startup Office Hours w/ Profitably CEO Adam Neary(profitably.com)
1 points by gsiener 15y ago|0 comments
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by gsiener 15y ago
Great to see another NYC startup making waves. Even better that they've got serious technology under the hood to make it all work!
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by gsiener 15y ago
My initial expectation was that Microsoft had relaunched groove as a saas app.
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Show HN: Tipspring - Share deals with friends, earn $ rewards(a.tipspring.com)
1 points by gsiener 15y ago|0 comments
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Founder Office Hours With Chris Dixon And Josh Kopelman: Profitably(techcrunch.com)
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by gsiener 15y ago
Upvoted because finally someone used the possessive its properly.
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by gsiener 15y ago
+! for Clothes Horse. They've been hosting fit parties for a while now to collect a ton of data on what fits who and are turning that into shortcuts for sizing.
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The Ultimate 6-Week Startup Crash Course (MBA alternative)(blog.profitably.com)
71 points by gsiener 15y ago|10 comments
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by gsiener 15y ago
If you're already in NYC for the summer you'll have no trouble finding a job. Plan on spending your non-internship time building relationships with startups that are getting things done. This is tough because they don't necessarily hang o
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by gsiener 15y ago
As another data point, you can find some great deals with a 30ish minute commute in Brooklyn. Yes you can easily pay as much as UWS/Tribeca but there are more deals out here. Another pro tip: ride a bike and save $5/day on your commute!

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