long story short: backend business is dirty business
http://yodlee.com started out with frontend / scraping data service providers
http://mint.com took yodlee data and put a nice frontend on it
http://intuit.com of Quicken fame bought mint
some links
- http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/mint-sells-intuit-170-million-will-it-wither-vine
- http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1927-the-next-generation-bends-over
- http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/09/who-decides-when-to-exit.html
- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=830075
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