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task.ly is closing down

We finally decided to admit that we have failed to turn our idea into a business. We did build a good UI, some really cool tech, and got a couple raving reviews, but it's the ability to make money that counts.

We're closing down April 4.

task.ly began almost two years ago, when we decided to scratch a personal itch and build an awesome todo tracker. At that time we didn't know much about customer development or business model generation and just winged it. And today we see the bottom line of that approach.

So, what comes next? After we wrap up over here, the team parts ways.
I'm leaving to work on the product at yaM Labs. And Roman is going to put more hours in his PhD thesis and making some cool things for the iOS.

However, expect a few postmortem posts from us, including:
- what went right/wrong
- what was under the hood
- what are good alternatives to task.ly

Comments (9)

Mar 28, 2011
Arturo Vergara said...
Nooooo!!!
Mar 28, 2011
Bert Heymans said...
Damn, and I was just going to ask for an account. I understand your reasoning, best of luck with future projects.
Mar 29, 2011
John Saddington said...
i'm sorry to see you guys go.
Mar 29, 2011
Chris White said...
Sorry to hear this guys, you made an incredibly sexy web-app but it seems a tough area to compete in right now.
Mar 29, 2011
maaay said...
You should go opensource!)
Mar 29, 2011
Matthew Gerring said...
I agree, open source it!
Mar 29, 2011
nachogutierrez said...
I think it's a really shame :( ... you're app was really useful and it solved the task problems the easiest and simplest way.

If you can't sell your code I think many people like me will be very happy to see it open sourced.

Best of Luck with your future projects guys!

Mar 29, 2011
Jay H. said...
I'd like to know if any of our personal info is going to be sold off. Other than that, all the best in your new pursuits.
Mar 31, 2011
sashabritkin said...
Bad news. Anyway I would be great if you clarify in your future posts the following points:
1). Why it's costly to keep Taskly active?
2). I can't remember that you introduced some premium subscription for Taskly, so I wonder why you think you couldn't make money with it. Did you try really?

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