Rise

Rise was a productivity tool designed to help teams manage projects, tasks, and time more effectively by leveraging the calendar as a central organizing principle. It aimed to provide a clear, finite view of time, contrasting with overwhelming inboxes and endless to-do lists. The platform focused on optimizing team schedules, particularly by identifying and addressing issues like fragmented time and back-to-back meetings. Initially, Rise developed features to analyze team schedules, identify inefficiencies, and suggest optimal meeting placements to create more focused work blocks. It generated reports highlighting differences in focus time among team members, aiming to improve overall team productivity and ensure that strategically placed meetings didn't disrupt entire workdays. The core idea was to help teams gain more time for important work by intelligently managing their collective schedules.