Expert advice should be
one minute away.
Minutly was built on a simple belief — that the world's best tutors, therapists, coaches and advisors should be reachable the moment you need them, and that experts should be paid fairly for every minute of their time.
It started with a calculus problem at midnight.
In late 2022, our founder couldn't find a qualified tutor to help her younger brother prep for an exam — not in a forum, not on a marketplace, not anywhere on demand. The experts existed. The discovery did not.
We built Minutly to close that gap. Today, anyone with a question and anyone with expertise can find each other in seconds. Sessions are billed by the minute, payments are instant, and quality is enforced by transparent ratings. No subscriptions. No long contracts. Just the conversation.
We're a remote team across four countries, building toward a world where access to good advice isn't gated by geography, networks, or luck.
Mission & vision.
Two short statements that decide everything we build — and every feature we decide not to build.
Our mission
Make professional expertise accessible to anyone, anywhere — billed by the minute, never by the membership. We measure success in conversations started, not subscriptions sold.
Our vision
A world where the question "do you know someone who can help with this?" is answered in 60 seconds, not 60 days — and where every qualified expert can build a real income on their own terms.
Four ideas we keep coming back to.
When we disagree about a roadmap or a design call, these are the tie-breakers.
Trust by default
Verified experts, end-to-end encryption, transparent reviews — the boring parts that make the magic ones possible.
Respect every minute
Clients pay only for what they use. Experts get paid the instant a session ends. Time is currency — we charge for it honestly.
Access for everyone
Expert help shouldn't depend on who you know. We design for first-time users, late-night learners, and the unseen middle — not just power users.
Quality is a feature
Every rating is real, every review is moderated, and reputation is earned one conversation at a time. We won't trade quality for growth.
From a sticky-note prototype to 50,000+ minutes a month.
Three years, four offices (well — four kitchen tables), and one stubborn idea about how expert advice should work.
The first call
Founder Linda Brown sketches Minutly during a 36-hour hackathon. First prototype connects 5 tutors and 50 students.
Public launch
Apps land on the App Store and Google Play. We onboard 2,000 experts across 40 categories in the first six months.
Wallet & payouts
Instant Stripe-backed payouts ship. Median time-to-first-call drops to 60 seconds. We cross 10,000 active experts.
Where we are now
50,000+ users, 120+ categories, 12 countries. Building the next chapter — smarter matching, group sessions, and creator pages
The roadmap we're walking toward.
An honest look at what we're shipping next. Some of this is weeks away. Some is a year out. All of it follows the values above — not a growth-team spreadsheet.
Smart matching, v2
An on-device model that learns the topics you actually consult on — so the right expert is the first one you see, not the one with the biggest ad budget.
Group sessions
Bring two or three friends to a single consultation — useful for family financial advice, group tutoring, and "second opinion" therapy sessions. Per-minute pricing, split automatically.
Creator pages
Long-form expert profiles — articles, video intros, and per-topic FAQs. Help clients vet expertise before the meter starts, and give experts a real home on the platform.
Minutly for teams
A workspace tier for companies that want on-demand expert access for their staff — legal questions, HR escalations, technical reviews — with consolidated billing and audit logs.
Want to help us connect the next million conversations?
We're hiring engineers, designers, and operators across remote-friendly time zones. Bring real opinions and a habit of shipping.