September 27, 2007
Posted by Ryan Graves
Mint.com
Mint.com, the new start-up that helps users manage their personal finances is legit. They just won TechCrunch40 the start-up competition put on by Michael Arrington’s blog TechCrunch. The night they won I went to their site to sign up but I experienced very slow load times and nothing seemed to work quickly at all. Apparently, they estimated over 100,000 new users were trying to sign-up for Mint that night. A few days later I received an email apologizing for the inconvenience and I decided to give it a shot. I had all my bank accounts added within 5 minutes and was able to see what my most visited establishment (Chipolte) is and what my spending avg.’s are. This site is as easy to use as advertised and has some pretty sweet features. I had to re-categorize a few of my expenses to make the analysis more accurate but that only took a few minutes as well.
Some of the other features bosted by Mint.com:
- Add your accounts in less than five minutes
- Know where your money goes
- See savings opportunities that are “unique to you”
- Get email or text message alerts to keep you in control 24/7
Give Mint.com a try for yourself and let us know (using the Comments here on ActionsTalk.com) what you think…
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September 27, 2007
This comment doesn’t really fit with the post, but I wanted to encourage you to participate in Blog Action Day:
http://www.blogactionday.org/
I’ll be doing the same over at tadfad. It’s not going to save the world, but it’s a nice gesture to demonstrate the global concern for the environment.
October 5, 2007
Thank you for sharing!
October 9, 2007
Mint.com seems to me like it can prove helpful in dual functions. While it certainly helps to manage spending and the associated trends, it also causes important introspection as to how healthy a lifestyle I really lead. After briefly tracking my spending, I see the Chipotle is far and away my leading merchant and see that my credit cards are mainly used at drinking establishments. Lifestyle change in order? I think so.
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