Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million
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Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million
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Re: Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million
#2I would guess the money is based on speculation that a larger company (dropbox, google, facebook) would purchase your company and add your feature to their existing product.
Re: Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million
#3Customers, skills, and market position (as the go-to todo app) are all contributing factors. I think they intend to expand the scope of the services they deliver -- collect data and hopefully, sell out to a larger company.
Re: Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million
#4Integrating services like Taskrabbit, home delivery etc, at least if some kickback scheme is available. Location-based ads based on "things to buy".
Re: Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million
#5As was explained to me by a friend who founded a recently-acquired to-do list company, the opportunity is to monetize intent. That is, if my to-do is "take clothes to dry cleaning," the app might be able to suggest a better/closer dry cleaner. You can also imagine many similar opportunities around travel.
Re: Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million
#6Orchestra raised a bunch of money for their todo app. And then they pivoted into Mailbox.
Re: Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million
#7One of the best about me page I've ever seen: http://www.any.do/about
Re: Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million
#8None of the comments make sense because the title was changed.. wtf mods
To answer the original question: because Yahoo! recently paid millions for the Astrid TODO list and is shutting it down, and VCs figure Google might want bragging rights over Yahoo! by buying a better one for even more money and shutting it down.
Re: Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million
#9One of the best about me page I've ever seen: http://www.any.do/about
Wistia too has a good page
http://wistia.com/about/yearbook
Hint : Are you sure each profile has just one extra pose?
Edit : I find this page weird but its still a different About Us page http://bkwld.com/profile
Re: Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million
#10Just in case anyone else was wondering, the (incompetent) mods here have changed the title from:
Can somebody explain where is the money in a to-do app?
Intelligent To Do List App Any.do Raises $3.5 Million