CoNotes

We just love it when a plan comes together. Unfortunately, that rarely happens without heroic efforts, hundreds of emails, and a fair amount of anxiety.
Who is going, where are we going, when are we going. Easy, right? Well, not so much. In fact, no one has created an experience that combines the best of planning tools with the best of local search. And until someone does, we will either continue to endure, or stop making plans altogether. Sigh.
But wait! At Center’d, we’ve been thinking about how to solve the challenges that exist in making plans. From the smallest get together, where you just can’t decide on where to eat and oh-my-goodness-I-can’t-take-it-anymore-maybe-I’ll-just-stay-home-and-wash-my-cat, to the large fundraisers and school activities that require signups and hundreds of emails and weeks of meticulous planning, one thing is clear: We can help you spend less time planning, and more time enjoying yourself.
We do this by focusing on three categories:
People – Connect to people you trust, and get their opinions and information to help you find that perfect place or make successful that successful plan.
Places – See what the crowds think by seeing ratings and reviews from across the web, or find out what your trusted friends think.
Plans – Easily invite friends, find out where everyone wants to go and when with place and time voting, empower volunteers to sign up for tasks, and stay on top of it with reminders and notifications.
Our co-founders, Chandu Thota and Jennifer Dulski, each have a wealth of knowledge and expertise in local communities and information, but found that making plans was still wrought with peril. Each was already working in related fields: Chandu developed the first iteration of Center’d (called Fatdoor), which focused on bringing neighbors together in an online community. Before that, he was at Microsoft as the lead engineer for its mapping products. Jennifer was at Yahoo! managing its local and marketplace businesses. They knew they needed help, so they found a talented underground team who escaped government persecution and were traveling the country solving crimes and performing odd jobs. After tracking the team down, it was clear these were the right folks for the challenge, and Center’d was born.