Tarks

I'm looking to track some company KPIs, we've been using excel which has all the drawbacks you'd expect.

I thought there'd be some tool which for example stores the data in a SQL db, has a secruity model like RBAC, provides both a frontend and APIs so that data can be updated both manually and programmatically, along with being able to be queried by reporting endpoints etc

I'm guessing this is a common "We've outgrown the simplest thing that just works" solution and my google fu is failing me

The short version is : We're in a situation where we have no problem landing short term contracts, but are having trouble finding a project that will let us scale, ideally we'd like to have a revenue stream that lets us dedicate a good portion of our time to building a product.

I'm sure a bunch of you have been in similar situations and I'd love to know what else we could be doing to move to the next level, in addition to trying to leverage our network (which is good for short term projects but not larger ones) currently we're:

Building useful things and releasing them for free : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trello-card-dependencies/ddhnhdoghhfoeceiohphmjkcemlkkock Lecturing at local universities Sponsoring and organizing a local meetup Talking to people who have done this

This is an extension of the last point, I'd like to hear from anyone that has insight. I can't find a sort of job board but for small contracts of this type, is there a name for agencies that would know of these types of engagements etc?

Thanks in advance !