What Eightly does

Eightly is a privately held, founder-owned micro-company that sells a paper-based productivity framework rather than a software product. The core offering, "The Eightly Framework," is a behavioral-science-informed methodology that constrains the user to a bounded task list (no more than eight items) and requires three deliberate choices per cycle: a timeframe, a boundary, and what matters. There are no apps, no digital interfaces, and no AI components; the method is explicitly designed to be used with pen and paper and to complement rather than replace existing planners and apps.

The company extends the framework into three product surfaces: Eightly for personal use, Eightly at Work for teams and meeting settings, and Eightly in Education for classrooms and learners. Distribution is purely direct-to-consumer via the company's own website (eightly.com), with no enterprise sales motion, channel partners, or marketplace presence. The methodology, teaching materials, and adaptations are described as a protected body of work, and "Eightly®" and "Little Eightly®" are registered trademarks in the United Kingdom.

The business is bootstrapped with no disclosed institutional funding, 1–10 employees, and operates under founder Paul Dunn. The company is registered with UK trademark protections and lists Mountain View as its city, suggesting a US-UK cross-jurisdictional founder operation. No pricing is publicly disclosed, and revenue mechanics are not detailed in the available source material.

Name

Eightly

Legal name

Eightly

Website

https://eightly.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Eightly is a founder-owned micro-company that sells a paper-based focus and productivity framework built on bounded task lists and three deliberate choices per cycle. It serves individuals, workplace teams, and educational users through its website as a direct-to-consumer, non-digital offering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Productivity Framework

NAICS

Educational Services (61)

SIC

Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders & Bookbindg & Relatd Work (2780)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Activity Materials & Manipulatives (Hands-on Learning Kits) (EDACAJAG)

Keywords

• Focus framework
• Productivity methodology
• Task prioritization
• Analog planning
• Behavioral productivity

Headquarters

HQ city

Mountain View

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Eightly Framework Products/Services: Based on the website structure, Eightly appears to generate revenue through selling access to its framework methodology, likely via physical or digital products. The exact revenue mechanics are not explicitly disclosed on the available source pages.

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Core offering

Eightly is a paper-based focus and productivity framework built around three core choices (timeframe, boundary, and what matters) and eight core rules that limit task lists to a maximum of eight items per cycle. It is intentionally designed for analog use—pen and paper, with no screens—and is offered as a companion methodology to existing planners and apps across personal, workplace, and educational contexts.

Product overview

Eightly is a single unified focus framework designed for real life, centered on three core choices—timeframe, boundary, and what matters—with eight core rules that protect clarity. The core product Eightly serves individual users through a pen-and-paper method with no screens. It extends into two contextual variants: Eightly at Work for business and team settings, and Eightly in Education for classrooms and learners. The underlying methodology is formalized as The Eightly Framework, which defines the principles and rules that govern all product variants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Little Eightly: A registered trademark alongside Eightly, mentioned in footer as 'Eightly® and Little Eightly® are registered trademarks in the United Kingdom'

Products and services

• Eightly A simple focus framework for individual daily use, built on three core choices (timeframe, boundary, what matters) and eight core rules that cap the task list to enforce deliberate prioritization. Designed for analog use with pen and paper, intended as a companion to existing planners and apps.
• Eightly at Work An adaptation of the Eightly framework for business and team settings, enabling groups to apply the focus methodology collectively for meetings, planning sessions, and daily team workflows.
• Eightly in Education An adaptation of the Eightly framework for educational environments, designed for use in classrooms and by learners to support study planning and academic task management.
• The Eightly Framework The underlying methodology of Eightly, formalized as a protected body of work. Defines the three core choices (timeframe, boundary, what matters) and the eight core rules that protect clarity and deliberate choice throughout the focus cycle across all product variants.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Passion Planner: Paper-based planner designed around goal setting, prioritization, and timeboxing on paper — directly comparable to Eightly's analog focus framework for personal productivity. Sold direct-to-consumer online.
• Full Focus Planner: Paper planner and methodology business built around quarterly goals, daily rituals, and a bounded daily task list — overlapping with Eightly's "max eight tasks" and timeframe/cycle design. Targets the same productivity-focused consumer.
• Erin Condren: Established paper planner and stationery brand selling bounded, design-led productivity systems to consumers. Comparable to Eightly as a paper-based productivity framework business operating at a larger scale with greater distribution.
• Bullet Journal: Analog productivity methodology built around rapid logging, signifiers, and migration of tasks in a notebook — the same pen-and-paper, behavior-disciplined space as Eightly. It is the most well-known direct competitor for users choosing an analog focus framework.
• Clever Fox Planner: Produces a family of paper-based productivity planners with goal-setting frameworks and bounded daily sections — directly analogous to Eightly's "Eight lines max" paper methodology. Targets the same consumer productivity segment.
• Cultivate What Matters (PowerSheets): Sells paper-based intentional-living and goal-setting planners (PowerSheets) with a structured methodology for choosing priorities each season. Directly comparable to Eightly's bounded, behaviorally grounded framework sold direct-to-consumer.

Peers

• David Allen / Getting Things Done:

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Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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