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Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices

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Re: Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices

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post #6

You know what _really_ sucks about this? They're closing off the API & got rid of their evangelists.

Do you have a source for that? Closing the API seems crazy, since if done right it should provide far more value at far less cost to the Evernote team than many other features. Will this mean that all the 'Share to Evernote' integrations from email clients and other apps will cease to function?

Re: Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices

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I've tried evernote as a consumer and couldn't quite figure out where it fits between dropbox and other "cloud" providers such as gDrive and MSOffice 360.

It seems like a smart move to focus on the features that are most useful to their core users instead of trying to be everything to everybody.

Re: Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices

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post #5

businessinsider had a great article on evernote here, "Evernote, the first dead unicorn", which really foreshadowed this: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/evernote-the-first-dead-un...

That article generated a lot of discussion on HN a couple of weeks ago, which can be found here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10218915

(Note: The BusinessInsider article was a re-publication of the original on syrah.co.)

Re: Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices

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post #8

> Evernote’s strength is in its core: notes, sync, and search. That’s where we’re going to focus. Well, like many others, I've been wishing Evernote would drop all the auxiliary stuff and focus on their core product. Hopefully that's exactly what will now happen. Evernote has become an absolutely critical part of my life. Even though I use it for business (along with everything else) though, I have no use for the maj…

What is the auxiliary stuff that they've dropped? (or will drop/reduce emphasis on)

Genuinely curious. I've noted that they seem to have multiple apps in the AppStore doing similar things.

Re: Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices

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post #5

businessinsider had a great article on evernote here, "Evernote, the first dead unicorn", which really foreshadowed this: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/evernote-the-first-dead-un...

My prediction, the next dead unicorn: Dropbox

They are similar in that they haven't made anything note worthy in a while and their main product is really just a feature of bigger companies apps and services.

Re: Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices

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post #5

businessinsider had a great article on evernote here, "Evernote, the first dead unicorn", which really foreshadowed this: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/evernote-the-first-dead-un...

That unicorn looks more like an elephant, but I'm no expert.

Re: Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices

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post #8

> Evernote’s strength is in its core: notes, sync, and search. That’s where we’re going to focus. Well, like many others, I've been wishing Evernote would drop all the auxiliary stuff and focus on their core product. Hopefully that's exactly what will now happen. Evernote has become an absolutely critical part of my life. Even though I use it for business (along with everything else) though, I have no use for the maj…

I absolutely agree - the core of evernote is what I like and it needs more attention. Usability, performance, ...

But it looks like they found out themselves, eventually... ;)

Re: Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices

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I know that it is the common vernacular, but you didn't let them go, you fired them. Surely they would prefer to not go and continue to pay their mortgage. I'm sure it wasn't easy to fire them, but don't try and make the situation rosey. The folks who decided on the direction of the company decided wrong and now they have to fire the people who executed those decision. Edit: Would you all prefer the word "Terminated"…

Being laid off and being fired are not the same thing.
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