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financial modeling

SHOW HN2014

167points
58comments
#136of 2,272 in 2014
Top 6%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

18 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 3 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score +0.37.

Idea: 6 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful and fast for rough financial estimates

    From 3 comments
    • I did a quick model with this tonight after a full day of investor pitches, and even though I'm exhausted I got about a 70% accurate model done in about 5 minutes. I know how to…
      tomasien on HN
    • I have spent more hours than I'm comfortable contemplating slaving over Excel spreadsheets creating projections. I went into one funding round with perfect eyesight and came out…
      davidbanham on HN
    • This is absolutely fantastic. I would pay real money for something similar tailored to product sales model (vs recurring SaaS).
      labaraka on HN
  • Good demonstration of rapid Angular development

    From 2 comments
    • This is excellent and a great demonstration of rapid development in Angular.
      primitivesuave on HN
    • I like it. Nice work and welcome to the land of Angular! Minor spelling issue I noticed that was bugging me all over the place: s/Reccuring/Recurring/
      jqueryin on HN

Objections

  • Lacks flexibility for revenue models and expense categories

    From 1 comment
    • Struggling with maintaining 25 versions of financial projection spreadsheets for a tiered SKU based SaaS startup. I decided to spin this up as quickly as possible (and learn a…
      bottompair on HN
  • Excel can already do this

    From 2 comments
    • As a piece of technology, this is really cool. But I guess I don't get how it's different from a nice Excel model. How is it that this allows you to capture 25 different use…
      icambron on HN
    • From quickly scanning the comments, it seems that (i) many people would use a tool like this, despite its lack of flexibility, because it's easy to use and it works, (ii) very…
      rahimnathwani on HN

Requests

  • Export to Excel or CSV

    From 5 comments
    • Would be cool if you could export to Excel. That way you could lay the fundamentals in place here and do custom things offline.
      immad on HN
    • Awesome work! Export to Excel please
      shekyboy on HN
    • cool , please add export to excel or google docs..
      ing33k on HN
    • This is definitely useful. Export/import to/from excel could be a great feature.
      jaimefjorge on HN
    • Yes noticed that. Well done. It does still seem that A LOT if not most of the comments here are as well asking for a download/export feature. Everyone wants to know they are…
      tomkinson on HN
  • Support for non-MRR and product-sales or COGS models

    From 4 comments
    • I have spent more hours than I'm comfortable contemplating slaving over Excel spreadsheets creating projections. I went into one funding round with perfect eyesight and came out…
      davidbanham on HN
    • This is absolutely fantastic. I would pay real money for something similar tailored to product sales model (vs recurring SaaS).
      labaraka on HN
    • Mostly the accounting for COGS
      labaraka on HN
    • Definitely unit economics and everything that needs to go above the line. Would be KILLER to have those.
      endlessvoid94 on HN
  • Save and print options

    From 2 comments
    • Impressive! Are you going to develop this further for the community? I'd love to use it and be able to save, print, export, etc...
      aktary on HN
    • Very cool! Add some secure features and exporting tools and you're onto something.
      pla3rhat3r on HN

Questions

  • What license will the code use?

    From 1 comment
    • I have spent more hours than I'm comfortable contemplating slaving over Excel spreadsheets creating projections. I went into one funding round with perfect eyesight and came out…
      davidbanham on HN
  • How long will the saved model URL stay active?

    From 1 comment
    • Yes noticed that. Well done. It does still seem that A LOT if not most of the comments here are as well asking for a download/export feature. Everyone wants to know they are…
      tomkinson on HN

Alternatives named

  • Excel or Google Sheets spreadsheet models

    From 2 comments
    • Sure, but the OP could have just published their spreadsheet and you wouldn't have to build that either.
      icambron on HN
    • That's awesome. Can you make one thats for 'lifestyle' businesses, i.e. bootstrapped startups with a sustainable model? For starters, with my business model, the monthly expenses…
      ilaksh on HN
  • Startup Models free Excel file

    From 1 comment
    • One of our local tech mentors here in Des Moines released a free Excel file for these sorts of projections (an accompanying book to explain the models, etc is also available from…
      yeldarb on HN
  • Budgetyzer

    From 2 comments
    • Check: App.budgetyzer.com Similar tool more advanced.
      budgetyzer on HN
    • Hi all, i created a similar tool a wile ago. You can take a look at: app.budgetyzer.com It could load a bit slow. You can only log in with your Google account ATM. Currious If…
      budgetyzer on HN

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