# Cash Conscious Calculators Bring TIM! Keeps Meetings Fast-Paced and Under Budget By Michael Hines | Published 2010-04-16 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bring-tim References: [dvice](http://dvice.com/archives/2010/04/meeting-cost-ca.php) & [bringtim](http://www.bringtim.com/) If meetings at work tend to drone on and on, maybe you should invest in Bring TIM! This [handy and dandy calculator](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/catime) is simple to use and gets an effective point across. Bring TIM! calculates how much money is being wasted during your [office meetings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cast-concept). Simply plug in the number of people and their [hourly wages](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/time-squeeze) and watch the meter begin to run. Bring TIM! sounds like a great idea for small business owners. If you’re a young hourly mooch like myself, you want those meetings to run on for as long as possible. Needless to say, moochers need not apply. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.0/10 - Popularity: 36% | Activity: 76% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Efficiency-tracking Calculators:** Opportunity for a disruptive innovation in the development of calculators that track and analyze efficiency in various business processes. - **Cost-waste Management:** Disruptive innovation opportunities lie in the creation of cost-tracking tools and solutions to help businesses identify and reduce unnecessary expenses. - **Productivity Optimization:** There is potential for disruptive innovation in the development of technologies and strategies that optimize productivity and minimize time wastage in workplace meetings. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Office Supplies:** Opportunities for disruptive innovation in the office supplies industry by creating calculators and tools that cater specifically to tracking efficiency and waste management. - **Software Development:** Disruptive innovation opportunities in the software development industry for creating productivity optimization tools and platforms for workplace meetings. - **Consulting Services:** There is a potential for disruptive innovation in consulting services by offering specialized expertise and solutions to help businesses analyze and improve their meeting efficiency and cost management. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Meeting Cost Calculators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spry-plan.md) - [Innovative Financial Visualization Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/financial-visualization-tool.md) - [Organized Meeting Agenda Timers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/agenda-tool.md) - [Meeting-Canceling Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cala.md) - [Microblog Meeting Update Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/teamtap.md) - [Simplified Task Timers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/task-timer.md) - [Punctuality Reminder Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/meeting-on-time.md) - [Simple Calendar Summary Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-free-calendar-dashboard.md) - [In-Calendar Meeting Reminders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/meeting-reminders.md)