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For Solo Founders

an AI chief of staff for solo founders who can't afford an EA

Stop drowning in email and admin work. notodo handles inbox triage, scheduling, tasks and daily briefings so solo founders can focus on building their company.

The problem

Email eats your building time

You open your laptop to ship a feature and 90 minutes later you're still replying to emails. Every context switch costs you 23 minutes of deep work. The inbox becomes a second job you never signed up for.

Context-switching kills momentum

One minute you're debugging, the next you're scheduling a call with an investor, then chasing a contractor for deliverables. Your brain never gets to settle into the deep work that actually moves the needle on your product.

No budget for an executive assistant

A good EA costs between €3,000 and €5,000 per month. When you're bootstrapping or in early funding stages, that money goes to product and growth. So you end up doing it all yourself, badly.

Admin work instead of building

Invoice follow-ups, meeting scheduling, task tracking, document management. None of this is why you started a company, but it takes up 30-40% of your week. Every hour on admin is an hour not spent on product-market fit.

How notodo helps

Start every day with a clear picture

Your morning briefing shows today's meetings, priority emails, overdue tasks, and follow-ups due. No more opening 4 apps to figure out what needs attention. You see the full day in 30 seconds.

Triage your inbox in minutes, not hours

notodo categorizes every email as action-required, FYI, delegate, or archive. Newsletters and marketing noise gets auto-archived. You only see what actually matters, and can reply with one approval tap.

Smart scheduling without the back-and-forth

Set your scheduling rules once: preferred meeting times, buffer between calls, focus blocks. notodo handles the back-and-forth and books meetings that respect your deep work hours.

Capture ideas without breaking flow

Walking to get coffee and have an idea? Record a voice note and notodo transcribes it, extracts tasks, and adds them to your list. No typing, no forgetting, no lost post-it notes.

One task list that actually stays current

Tasks created from emails, voice notes, and calendar follow-ups all land in one place. Recurring tasks auto-regenerate. You always know what's next without manually updating spreadsheets.

A day with notodo

7:30

Morning briefing over coffee

You open notodo and see today's 3 meetings, 2 urgent emails from a potential client and your co-founder, 1 overdue task from yesterday, and a reminder to follow up with your designer.

8:00

Inbox triage in 5 minutes

notodo already archived 12 newsletters and SaaS updates. You approve 3 email replies, flag 1 for later, and delegate a support request. Your inbox is at zero before your first meeting.

9:00

Deep work block protected

A potential partner asks to meet this morning. notodo suggests your Thursday afternoon slot instead, keeping your morning focus block intact. Meeting scheduled without a single back-and-forth email from you.

12:30

Voice note between meetings

Walking to lunch, you dictate a product idea and three things to discuss with your developer. notodo transcribes it and creates tasks with the right priority levels.

14:00

Research prep for investor call

You ask notodo to research a potential investor's recent portfolio. It compiles their last 10 investments, relevant blog posts, and common co-investors. Your call prep takes 2 minutes instead of 45.

17:30

End-of-day review

notodo shows what got done, what moved to tomorrow, and any emails that still need attention. You approve two follow-up emails, mark a task complete, and close your laptop knowing nothing fell through the cracks.

I used to spend my mornings on email and admin. Now I'm shipping features by 9am and notodo handles the rest. It's like having an EA that costs less than my coffee budget.

— A solo founders using notodo

Frequently asked questions

Is my data safe? I have sensitive investor and customer information.

All data is stored in the EU with full GDPR compliance. notodo never shares your data with third parties and every action requires your explicit approval before executing. Your emails and calendar data are processed but never used for training.

How does this compare to hiring a virtual assistant?

A part-time VA costs €800-1,500/month and needs onboarding, management, and isn't available at 11pm when you're working late. notodo is €199/month on Pro, available 24/7, learns your preferences over time, and doesn't need vacation days. It won't replace a full EA for complex judgment calls, but it handles 80% of the routine work.

What can notodo actually do with my emails?

It can triage your inbox (categorize, auto-archive noise), draft replies for your approval, extract tasks and follow-ups from email threads, and send emails once you approve them. It connects to Gmail and never sends anything without your explicit go-ahead.

Can I try it before committing to the paid plan?

Yes, there's a free tier that includes basic chat, task management, and daily briefings. The Pro plan at €199/month adds email triage, calendar management, voice notes, research, and workflow automation. No credit card required to start.

What if it makes a mistake with an important email?

notodo has approval gates on every action. It will draft a reply and show it to you, but it never sends without your explicit approval. You can edit any draft before sending. For auto-archiving, it only touches obvious noise like newsletters and marketing emails, never invoices, client emails, or security alerts.

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