My business data is scattered across five tools
This is for startups & solo founders who need dashboards & reporting that answer the one question you ask every morning.
As a startup founder, your sales live in one tool, your projects in another, and payroll in a third. To answer a simple question like 'How did we do this week?', you open three tabs and do mental math. It’s tiring and it doesn’t scale.
If you're a solo founder, your tools don't talk to each other. You might have Stripe for payments, Trello for tasks, Gusto for payroll, and a spreadsheet for everything else. Each tool works fine on its own. But together, they create a mess. You don't need more tools. You need a way to see what matters, without the copy-paste.
Building a dashboard starts with one question. Which number do you need first thing in the morning? Someone connects your tools to a single screen that answers that question. A simple view pulling from two sources might take a few days. Adding more sources or custom calculations extends the timeline. The cost reflects the time saved every day, not a software subscription. Most projects fall between a few hundred and a few thousand dollars, depending on how many tools you have and how clean the data is.
Pick the one question you ask most. Maybe it's 'What's our weekly revenue?' or 'How many active projects do we have?' Write it down. Then list the tools that hold the answer. Don't try to unify everything at once. Dashboard projects die when they try to do too much. FocusDude can build that first view, connecting just the tools you need. Once you see the value, you add from there.
After that, your morning check-in is one screen. No tabs, no copying numbers. You see the answer to your question in seconds. You make decisions faster. You stop dreading the monthly report scramble. It's just there, ready when you need it.
What our customers say
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Other things people with a Startups & Solo Founders ask
what is a kpi dashboard
A dashboard earns its keep when it replaces the hour you spend gathering numbers with a page you glance at over coffee. If you check more than two systems to answer "how are we doing," you need one.
how to track business expenses and income
Wire your existing tools into one view instead of switching software again. Most businesses already own everything they need; nothing talks to anything. That is a plumbing job, not a shopping trip.