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14 points by agaton ↗ HN
We're looking for a tool to build a dashboard that can collect and present different types of data (sales numbers, technical numbers, uptime, indexed pages in google or anything else) for internal use.

If it's hosted and user-friendly would be a +. This is definitely something a startup like ours can pay some money for. A startup opportunity, if any of you don't have a kick-ass solution out there somewhere already!

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nudge
I don't know of one myself but it is a great idea.

How would you have an external app access your private sales numbers?

agaton
Since we already use salesforce.com for sales numbers, which is an external app, that wouldn't be a problem =)
percept
Have you checked Salesforce's third-party add-ons?

[Though I'd rather see somebody on HN succeeding with this--we don't harness our collective power here as much as we could.]

aymeric
I went through the same question myself a few weeks ago.

I was first searching in "Online Reporting" solutions, then I realized that maybe Google Analytics could cover most of the data I wanted to display in my dashboard if I used events correctly.

Unfortunately Google Analytics doesn't allow you to have a custom dashboard. So I started looking at third party solutions that use Google Analytics.

Could find anything that suited me enough and I developed my own dashboard that shows Sales (with diff from last week), New Users (with diffs) and a few more KPIs. (It also shows stats on the trending searches on my website).

Anyway, I allow anyone who is working on a elegant solution for startup dashboards to contact me, I will gladly answer any questions and serve as a guinea pig.

Cheers.

megamark16
I'd love to pick your brain about your specific requirements for a solution. Would you mind shooting me an email if you're willing to chat about it? Thanks!
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megamark16
Please shoot me an email if you'd like to discuss a possible solution. I don't know if what I'm working on would be a perfect fit, but I'm in a good position to pivot if there is a real need and my project can be modified to fill it well.

megamark16/gmail

revorad
We are building an online data visualization tool, which may be of interest to you. Email me at hrishi@prettygraph.com if you would like to discuss a solution.