How it began

In 2010 I had already shipped my first iOS App "WorkTimes" successfully in the App Store. At that time I was employed and worked as a Database Manager for a global enterprise. That job required to plan and attend to a lot of (project-)meetings.

It always bugged me that every colleague created their own version of meeting minutes (incl. their own template and style). There was no continuity and consistence in those important documents. Especially in follow-up meetings there was usually no plan about what was discussed in the last meeting and what was the actual state of required todos.

I always liked and preferred the structure of action item based minutes. So I created a Word-based template for me that I’ve also shared with my colleagues.

With the release of the iPad in 2010 it was immediately clear to me, that this was the tool I was looking for. So I’ve started developing MinuteTaker right away and was able to finally ship it in 2012.