5 posts and columns on Mint.com

CaptainU Builds the Mint.com for Student Athletes

in News on November 20, 2011 at 9:15 am PT

The path from high school sports superstar to college scholarship MVP can be a treacherous one. CaptainU — a start-up built by former collegiate athletes — helps navigate it.
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Intuit Aims to Expand Quickly Into Tablets, Phones

in Mobile on February 8, 2011 at 6:40 am PT

The accounting and tax software company is trying to rapidly adjust to a world in which mobile apps are not only augmenting but in many cases replacing Web-based and desktop services entirely.

An Update on Mint, Formerly the Anti-Quicken

in News on October 16, 2009 at 12:58 pm PT

It’s been just over a month since news broke that Intuit, makers of Quicken budgeting software and Turbo Tax, would buy Mint.com for $170 million. Some of Mint’s 1.5 million customers took to blogs and Twitter to complain about the deal and threaten to close their accounts. About 1,500 to 2,000 customers did jump ship, said Aaron Patzer, Mint’s CEO, most within two days of the acquisition announcement.

Angel Group Looks for Wins by Setting Its Sights a Little Later

in News on October 13, 2009 at 3:35 pm PT

Most angel investors dream of home-run exits, funneling seed capital into young start-ups with hopes they’ll turn into Google, YouTube or even Mint.com. But the Band of Angels, an angel group flush with its third fund, believes there’s mighty value in later-stage companies and smaller acquisition prices.