Comments on: Product Idea: Competitive Analysis Software

By: Product Idea: Mobile App for Sales | commadot.com

Product Idea: Mobile App for Sales | commadot.com — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:48:59 +0000

[...] I had this idea while talking to a friend. It’s a different spin on a previous idea about competitive analysis and product management. [...]

By: Glen Lipka

Glen Lipka — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:54:31 +0000

Radian6 does I think about 2% of what I am looking for. Maybe 3%? They just are about monitoring social media. I am talking about having feature lists and screenshots and pricing and press releases and roadmaps and customer lists and referrals and scanned print ads. I am talking about complete end-to-end competitive analysis. I am talking about a single system to maintain your competitive intel from from product management to sales and marketing.

By: Rachel Luxemburg

Rachel Luxemburg — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:36:08 +0000

you know, there’s apps like Radian6 already out there that might do what you need.

By: Tom Quaile

Tom Quaile — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:29:49 +0000

Oops, I was wrong about Expression Blend being built into VS 2010. They just have a seperate Beta download for the new version of it.

By: Tom Quaile

Tom Quaile — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:08:07 +0000

With VS 2010, Expression Blend is built in so no more external app. However, I still prefer to code by hand, old school.

By: Glen Lipka

Glen Lipka — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:00:46 +0000

There is a designer here who used to be in a VS/Silverlight group. She said using Expression Blend was hard at first, but extremely powerful after she got used to it. Whatever platform you want to use. The more cutting edge and fantastic the better.

By: Tom Quaile

Tom Quaile — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:51:14 +0000

Sounds good. Actually, I have Visual Studio 2010 and Silverlight 4.0 and I’ve been looking for an app idea so I can play with it. I know, Microsoft doesn’t seem like the best option, however they make the security stuff really easy with VS 2010. Also, I’m a C# guy now since that’s pretty much all I do these days. I like Flex, but the back-end stuff with Flex is a nightmare. Adobe really doesn’t have a good option, however you can use Java, PHP, or Ruby. But it’s not always easy to setup.

By: Glen Lipka

Glen Lipka — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:18:37 +0000

Sounds cool! I’ve just started working on a Flex/Air application at Adchemy. Whatever you like most. The first step is just self-provisioning. New Account, New User, Login. Accounts would need multiple users. Creditcard or paypal. Basic SaaS setup

The image shows the basic screen layout. West is the competitor tree. East is the navigation. Center is the details, which could be tabbed. I can provide mockups for each particular source. You just need to tell me which one you want to work on first.

In terms of ownership, let’s keep it simple. You own 100% of it. When you make tons of money, just send what you think I deserve. It would also need a name and a URL. Hmm, have to noodle on that. CompetitionEagle.com is available. keepyourenemyclose.com is available too.

By: Tom Quaile

Tom Quaile — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:01:28 +0000

Glen,

I think this is a great idea and something that I would be very interested in working with you on. If you wanted to work on the UI pieces, I could work on the backend code. We could probably have something up and running pretty quick.
How about a Flex app running on a Java backend?

Tom