I don’t want 131,000 eyeballs on MEH.”įrom then on, Trello grew explosively and reached 10 million users in 2015. Soon, a once-revolutionary idea eventually became a commonplace.Īsana introduced their own Kanban board feature in 2016 (more on this below), “heavily inspired” by Trello: However, as Hiten Shah points out in his article “Why Trello Failed to Build a $1 Billion+ Business”, their competitors were hard at work on Kanban boards. We see Trello as a feature, not a product.” That is clearly the product that has done a good job pioneering this view. Said Asana’s co-founder Justin Rosenstein.Īnyway, Trello kept growing and reached 25 million users in 2017. That same year, it was acquired by Atlassian for $425 million. Okay, so what exactly does Trello offer to its users? Today, Trello has over 35 million users and is one of the most respected companies in the project management space. The Kanban system remains the core of Trello. It offers a great visual progression for the projects because you can see each card moving from left to right as the work on the task progresses. A Trello boardĪs you can see, the UI is pretty much the same as it was back in 2011, except that now it is more visually appealing. You can invite as many people to your board as you want for free, which is great if you work with a large team.

You can organize your work by creating boards, lists, then cards for each task, then moving cards through the list as you make progress on the tasks.

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