Y Combinator startup RescueTime lets users monitor which applications and websites they use/visit the most, and then lets them use that information to try to cut down on inefficient uses of time. It’s useful on an individual basis, and it helps businesses (who pay $4-$8/user/month) monitor what applications are being used, and where time is being wasted.
It’s also a lot of fun to look at the patters from the aggregate data.
The site has about 100,000 users and is growing 5% a week, says an investor, and 4% of users convert to a paid account. The company has also turned down at least a couple of acquisition overtures.
Instead of selling, they’ve raised their first real round of financing after the seed funding from Y Combinator - $900,000 from True Ventures, Chris Sacca, Tim Ferriss (author of the 4-Hour Workweek), Mike Seckler and Mike Koss.
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Chris Sacca = Google buyout within a year.
Congrats guys! It’s a great service, you deserve it.
I have been using this software for some time, it is pretty good. Though tracking could be better and site could be more simplified, the issue i might have is site is a little slow loading and I am not sure if it tracks everything perfectly (like overall time spent on pc) other than that..this software is only going up!
We’ve recently made some speed improvements to the site, and accuracy and performance are always high priorities for us. We’re really proud of how we’ve been able to scale our system without spending huge amounts of money on infrastructure.
Why wasterd your time spell checking posts
I see a patters of wasterd time trying to read these nonsensical posts.
Wow,Congrats guys! ,it’s very make me crazy:) but i can’t visit your website sometimes:(
Okey, for thanks, i will share some free and top movie website for enjoy:)
yeah, all sorts of patters of wasterd time.
It’s a blog, you idiots. Stop wasterd time finding spelling patters.
As soon I read it I realized I am not going to use it unless my company forces me to use it and then I will keep open our intranet site 24 hours, do they track “mouse movement” as work in progress ???
it only looks at current active application and if there are movements(it wont count if u r away)
Congrats Tony and Brian. You guys have been working hard and deserve it!
I have been using the app for a few months and find it useful. Glad to see these guys get funded.
I’ve been using the mac app: slife to do the exact same thing. It’s pretty slick and it’s free. It also has group monitoring (not-free) but I haven’t checked that out:
http://slifelabs.com/
Hey, they can’t use a red cross for their logo. Trust me, I know
http://thenextweb.org/2008/07/.....er-mashup/
twiddict is still using a red cross in the logo. what are you talking about?
http://twitter.com/Red_Cross has something to say about it
Heh– we changed our logo– TC used an old screen-cap!
(linkback) Thrive or Fail? RescueTime: Time monitoring for web activity, efficiency [VOTE] - http://www.thriveorfail.com/e153d
In an interview with with Scobleizer Tony Wright said they are 40,000 users and counting. The video was added 10 November 2008….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBqIIXw3cPw time 3:30
How come on 22 September and RescueTime is 100, 000 users ????
And you trust these people with your data? I’m off to delete my account!
Um. I’m lying? That interview with Scoble was recorded early in the summer (I can’t recall when he was in town doing interviews, but I think it was late May or early June) and originally aired in July. Here’s the original:
http://www.fastcompany.tv/vide.....rescuetime