[HN Gopher] Startup Growth Calculator (2014)
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       Startup Growth Calculator (2014)
        
       Author : sarthakjshetty
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2021-05-09 11:55 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (growth.tlb.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (growth.tlb.org)
        
       | the_arun wrote:
       | It took me some time to realize it is an editable/slidable graph
       | :)
        
       | tlamponi wrote:
       | Meh, looks nice and UX is OK, but not really useful IMO.
       | 
       | Often, growth means that operating cost also grow, e.g., due to
       | higher infrastructure cost, more worker salaries, expansion into
       | more economic markets with more/new regulations to tackle, ....
       | 
       | That could be at some fixed percentage in a simple model, and is
       | a quite relevant factor which this tool completely misses.
       | 
       | So go for that spreadsheet, it can start really simple, with
       | minimal parameters like this has - but being able to adapt and
       | expand it over time as ones business growths and changes allows
       | for much better and more efficient planning.
        
         | ganeshkrishnan wrote:
         | also growth percentages changes over time. I had 80% growth
         | first few months and then kept on reducing as revenues
         | increased.
         | 
         | Not sure how to model this natural dampening in growth wrt time
         | and revenues.
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Discussed at the time:
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       |  _Startup Growth Calculator_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8040448 - July 2014 (30
       | comments)
       | 
       | and a bit more:
       | 
       |  _Startup Growth Calculator_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16802351 - April 2018 (1
       | comment)
       | 
       |  _Startup Growth Calculator - if nothing changes, are you alive
       | or dead?_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10766922 - Dec
       | 2015 (1 comment)
        
       | timtrav wrote:
       | Looks cool, but keeps freezing for me on Safari 14.1.
       | 
       | After dragging any of the sliders for a bit, the console reports:
       | 
       | ``` SecurityError: Attempt to use history.replaceState() more
       | than 100 times per 30 seconds ```
       | 
       | and it freezes.
        
         | yamellasmallela wrote:
         | Looks like it encodes the positions as base64 in the url? Seems
         | pretty dumb to do it like that. Freezes for me also
        
       | jschveibinz wrote:
       | It's a nice idea, but a spreadsheet is more flexible and worth
       | the time spent contemplating the inputs.
        
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