dashboard.io

Web and SaaS

startup metrics benchmarking

SHOW HN2011

13points
11comments
#682of 1,097 in 2011
Top 63%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.

Idea: 2 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Interesting, non-trivial problem with potential to add value

    From 1 comment
    • Sunnytrail [1] offers a service for SaaS providers to track key metrics once they have paying customers. However, they don't (yet) offer the most interesting part of your idea,…
      pmjoyce on HN
  • Interested in auto-tracking funnel metrics

    From 1 comment
    • I'm very interested in this, but even just to auto track funnel metrics. If you can show me other startups in my space, that's just icing on the cake.
      pearanalytics on HN

Objections

  • Standardising metrics across different stages and verticals is hard

    From 1 comment
    • Sunnytrail [1] offers a service for SaaS providers to track key metrics once they have paying customers. However, they don't (yet) offer the most interesting part of your idea,…
      pmjoyce on HN
  • Identifying unique users reliably is an unsolved problem

    From 1 comment
    • Sunnytrail [1] offers a service for SaaS providers to track key metrics once they have paying customers. However, they don't (yet) offer the most interesting part of your idea,…
      pmjoyce on HN

Requests

  • Screenshots or a tour of the product

    From 1 comment
    • are you planning on adding some kind of tour? I'd like to see screenshots before diving in.
      sibsibsib on HN
  • Try it on geckoboard itself

    From 1 comment
    • Great points -- I've got some serious work ahead of me. :) Near-term plan is to spend this week building out the reporting interface and spreading the word. For #1 & #2, I'm…
      paulsingh on HN

Questions

  • How does it differ from Google Analytics benchmarking

    From 1 comment
    • Google Analytics does this ("benchmarking"), at least for traffic information (time on site, visitors, etc). Admittedly I don't think they do a great job of it, but are you aware…
      carbocation on HN

Alternatives named

  • Google Analytics benchmarking

    From 1 comment
    • Google Analytics does this ("benchmarking"), at least for traffic information (time on site, visitors, etc). Admittedly I don't think they do a great job of it, but are you aware…
      carbocation on HN
  • KISSmetrics

    From 1 comment
    • I see this competing more with Kiss Metrics actually. Especially since they went all expensive on us.
      pearanalytics on HN
  • Sunnytrail

    From 1 comment
    • Sunnytrail [1] offers a service for SaaS providers to track key metrics once they have paying customers. However, they don't (yet) offer the most interesting part of your idea,…
      pmjoyce on HN

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