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Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by matchagaucho »

saidajigumi wrote: post #5

I've been an Evernote user for a long time, but it's been ages since I've felt that they're actually user-focused by way of improving holes like poor functional parity across their apps(1). As a outsider, a huge amount of energy felt squandered on a shotgun-strategy of special-purpose apps while a stream of core app rebuilds launched, none of which significantly moved the functional needle. I've been exploring altern…

Both Evernote and Quip were such great apps when they did "one thing well"... keep multiple devices synchronized on simple notes and checklists.

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by tdumitrescu »

nodamage wrote: post #29

> “In the past three months (June, July, August), Evernote has been downloaded 2.5 million times worldwide,” a spokesperson for analytics firm Apptopia said. “After store fees, the app has brought in revenues of $2.9 million through in-app purchases.” That seems like... not a lot... for a company that has raised $300 million in funding.

Yeah I remember commenting here a few years ago with surprise that they were a "unicorn" with ~$30M ARR, and nobody seemed to find that valuation unrealistic...

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by xur17 »

colechristensen wrote: post #24
saidajigumi wrote: post #5

I've been an Evernote user for a long time, but it's been ages since I've felt that they're actually user-focused by way of improving holes like poor functional parity across their apps(1). As a outsider, a huge amount of energy felt squandered on a shotgun-strategy of special-purpose apps while a stream of core app rebuilds launched, none of which significantly moved the functional needle. I've been exploring altern…

I would be happy if Evernote was "done". I pay for a subscription, I am not interested in paying for new features, I would simply be happy if it went into eternal feature freeze and only did security and compatibility updates. Of course this kind of thing won't happen but maybe it says something about the optimization pitfalls of our economy.

This would never happen for numerous reasons, but imagine if you could fork a company somehow. Take the existing state, but just take it in an entirely different direction.

For companies that don't produce physical goods, this would actually be somewhat doable..

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by stinkytaco »

colechristensen wrote: post #24
saidajigumi wrote: post #5

I've been an Evernote user for a long time, but it's been ages since I've felt that they're actually user-focused by way of improving holes like poor functional parity across their apps(1). As a outsider, a huge amount of energy felt squandered on a shotgun-strategy of special-purpose apps while a stream of core app rebuilds launched, none of which significantly moved the functional needle. I've been exploring altern…

I would be happy if Evernote was "done". I pay for a subscription, I am not interested in paying for new features, I would simply be happy if it went into eternal feature freeze and only did security and compatibility updates. Of course this kind of thing won't happen but maybe it says something about the optimization pitfalls of our economy.

> but maybe it says something about the optimization pitfalls of our economy

Of the tech economy, perhaps. Or perhaps that's what you meant by "our", this being a tech site.

A huge amount of the workforce is engaged in work that doesn't change much at all. Construction workers, skilled labor like service plumbing or mechanical maintenance, engineering, retail work, etc. It's fairly optimized and if it changes, it changes in reaction to something or because new technology opened new opportunities. Really, it seems like mobile and web applications are the most stuck into this loop of having to add something new. An emacs users who used it 25 years ago could still use it today.

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by stinkytaco »

xur17 wrote: post #34
colechristensen wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would be happy if Evernote was "done". I pay for a subscription, I am not interested in paying for new features, I would simply be happy if it went into eternal feature freeze and only did security and compatibility updates. Of course this kind of thing won't happen but maybe it says something about the optimization pitfalls of our economy.

This would never happen for numerous reasons, but imagine if you could fork a company somehow. Take the existing state, but just take it in an entirely different direction. For companies that don't produce physical goods, this would actually be somewhat doable..

Isn't this kind of what Alphabet did?

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by fraudsyndrome »

mikestew wrote: post #10
godzillabrennus wrote: post #7

I have been using evernote since it practically launched. I only use Evernote these days because there is no competitor I like a lot. Not because it's good. The app crashes, it takes forever to open, and the company has not improved anything in a long time. Now they even changed the logo making it harder for my mind to locate the app. Total disaster at Evernote. I can't believe Microsoft hasn't bought it yet.

I can't believe Microsoft hasn't bought it yet. Why on earth would they want to? OneNote runs on everything, ties in well with Office, and covers the big ticket features that Evernote does. I'm a vimwiki user for the most of what Evernote/OneNote cover, but what I can't believe is that Evernote users haven't saved Microsoft the trouble, and just switched to OneNote. I mean, if you're going to go walled-garden, Micros…

Evernote on windows is horrible. My two biggest annoyances were: - No auto capitalization, - no highlighting multiple words (wanting to change the font of specific words in different lines)

I moved over from onenote and decided to move back, maybe it's just more comfortable for me. They were both free versions anyway.

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by binarypaean »

gsich wrote: post #36

Any self hosted alternative to Evernote? Never used Evernote, but sounds nice.

I haven't found good alternatives for my use cases, but depending on your needs, you can host Paperworks[1] on Sandstorm[2].

Synology also has a DSM app "Note Station".[3]

[1] - http://paperwork.rocks/ [2] - https://sandstorm.io/apps/index [3] - https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/feature/note_station

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