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Re:Astute.io – Business Intelligence For Startups by brianbreslin on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @10:22AM (#7559423)
So here is my 2cents. Having built a startup whose target market was other startups, I would say avoid it. Unless you're building a utility platform like say github or attlassian, who are not startup specific, selling to startups sucks.

Figure out how to make this a product any enterprise middle manager can buy and pay $200+/month. Startups won't pay the same rates that even mid-size companies would.

The volume you need of customers to make it a viable business at $50/month or less is ridiculous, and the number of startups limited.

Also they have high turnover, so your LTV of your customers will get halved potentially vs enterprise customers.

Re:Astute.io – Business Intelligence For Startups by krmmalik on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @01:56PM (#7560974)
To be fair. There are already quite a few players in the enterprise space. Eg AgilOne and Splunk.

I don't disagree regards the "startups for startups" point though.

Re:Astute.io – Business Intelligence For Startups by btrautsc on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @01:22PM (#7560738)
this is such an undervalued point (which many in SV ignore).

many, many "startups for startups" die because naturally most startups die.

[no judgement on this proposed service - it indeed looks interesting]

Re:Astute.io – Business Intelligence For Startups by dantaylor08 on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @01:01PM (#7560583)
No, I will not sign up for a trial of your product when you don't provide me any concrete information on how it's used/how it works. And yes, I am a potential customer for products in this market.
Re:Astute.io – Business Intelligence For Startups by alexpoon on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @10:19AM (#7559411)
This is so vague it seems they have barely started work on their product.
Re:Astute.io – Business Intelligence For Startups by calgaryeng on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @11:39AM (#7559954)
I agree. I was trying to find the "more information" button to no avail. Is this vaporware? How does this stuff end up on the front page.
Re:Astute.io – Business Intelligence For Startups by AznHisoka on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @12:16PM (#7560255)
What does this even do? Business intelligence is such a vague, abstract terms. Tell me what this can do for me, in plain Engrish terms, please.
Re:Astute.io – Business Intelligence For Startups by harrisreynolds on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @10:04AM (#7559318)
Does look cool. Love the idea! BI is a tough market, but if you can really provide insights there is real value there.
Re:Astute.io – Business Intelligence For Startups by shavenwarthog2 on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @11:57AM (#7560099)
I'm very interested in business intelligence for my startup, and am happy to pay a service for this. Alas the OP's site seems premature. No info.
Re:Astute.io – Business Intelligence For Startups by klintcho on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @09:33AM (#7559126)
Looks great, no pricing though? Also what would be interesting is what the different datasources that I can/need to plugin.