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Re:Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting with... by webmaven on Thursday August 21, 2014 @10:43AM (#8207563)
I am having trouble modeling a Bootstrapped Freemium to Premium conversion. Even with generous Freemium growth and a decent conversion rate to Premium I don't see much revenue growth over time.
Re:Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting with... by devahaz on Thursday August 21, 2014 @12:07PM (#8208035)
happy to look into this with you, this is likely something very simple, feel free to email me [email protected]. also, there is going to be a "modeling freemium" knowledge base article posted today.
Re:Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting with... by webmaven on Wednesday August 27, 2014 @04:10PM (#8234471)
Did you ever get that 'Modelling Freemium' article posted? I can't find it.
Re:Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting with... by webmaven on Thursday August 21, 2014 @04:24PM (#8209377)
I see the freemium template now, it sets things up in a pretty reasonable way. Thanks!

May I suggest a 'bootstrapped' template as well?

Re:Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting with... by devahaz on Thursday August 21, 2014 @07:53PM (#8210310)
yes, def good suggestion. the templates are right now only sorta useful since they arent really documented. i'm working on that and should have basic stuff done this weekend, that'll make them a lot better and we can think about adding more then.
Re:Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting with... by webmaven on Friday August 22, 2014 @10:24AM (#8212193)
A feature that seems missing (particularly for bootstrapped startups, but useful for others too) is using a % of profits or revenue to fund user acquisition, rather than a $x amount that grows by either Y% or $Y.

OTOH, that would assume that channels don't get saturated, so you'd also need a ceiling on the max spend for that channel.

Re:Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting with... by webmaven on Thursday August 21, 2014 @02:43PM (#8208937)
Thanks! If I am still confused after the article comes out, I'll reach out to you.