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Work · April 17, 2011

See how your startup stacks up against others in your space

website: dashboard.io I've been thinking about this idea for a while now and finally got around to building the prototype this weekend. The idea is that you'd drop my JS snippet on your site and I'd start building the "AARRR" table (which I'm actually building this week but imagine slide 4: http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/startup-metrics-for-pirates-long-version). Basically, the system will build that table out for you and then show you how your startup stacks up against others in your space. To be clear, I'll never share your data with anyone. So, if you're a "hosting" company, I'd…

See how your startup stacks up against others in your space launched on April 17, 2011 with 13 votes, #59 of 229 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 15 years on.

In plain words

Dashboard.io is a web analytics tool that tracks startup metrics by installing a JavaScript snippet on a website. It builds an AARRR table (Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Revenue, Referral) to measure key performance indicators and compares a startup's metrics against industry benchmarks in the same space. The tool keeps all data private and never shares user information. It is designed for startup founders and product teams who want to understand how their metrics compare to competitors in their category.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

website: dashboard.io I've been thinking about this idea for a while now and finally got around to building the prototype this weekend. The idea is that you'd drop my JS snippet on your site and I'd start building the "AARRR" table (which I'm actually building this week but imagine slide 4…

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