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Evernote: Company of the Year

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Re: Evernote: Company of the Year

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Post by oacgnol »

gmichnikov wrote: post #12
antirez wrote: post #9

A good example of solving a real problem people have, definitely a good approach. I'm an evernote user, I like it, but I see many possibilities for improving UI and features, it's worth trying IMHO.

I'd be very curious to hear more about how exactly people are using Evernote in their day-to-day lives. I installed it on my laptop and phone a year or two ago but I could never really figure out a use for it.

One of my primary use-cases is to save web pages that I wouldn't want to necessarily bookmark, which I normally do for frequently visited pages. Then, I can search saved notes (which searches page content too!) for whatever I need.

Re: Evernote: Company of the Year

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Post by jpdoctor »

hemancuso wrote: post #20
jpdoctor wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> assuming you gave them a generous valuation on 20x revenue and completely neglect profitability. The fact that this is a fashionable valuation tells me everything I need to know about the market.

I would hope nobody would value a company like that. I pulled that multipier out of the air for what seems both absurd and reasonable.

I got the absurd part but missed the reasonable part.

Re: Evernote: Company of the Year

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Post by scarmig »

lupatus wrote: post #15
hemancuso wrote: post #14

So Evernote is doing $18M a year on 750K paid users with 20 million free users. It has just turned profitable - company of the year? Let's not forget they've taken nearly $100M of investment at a nearly billion dollar valuation. Perhaps this is my east coast conservatism, but in the average case I just can't see how this works out well for the investors. To get a respectable exit of perhaps $4B in a few years they wo…

"Evernote primarily makes money by paying customers" How exactly is this business model profitable for them?

They make up for it in volume.

Re: Evernote: Company of the Year

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Post by GiraffeNecktie »

I looked at Evernote a couple of times and it just seemed like overkill for my needs. But a couple of months ago I got one of those tiny portable Fujitsu Scansnap duplex scanners and started scanning and shredding every scrap of paper that passes my way. Now I get it.

Re: Evernote: Company of the Year

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Post by libraryatnight »

I have to ask, I suppose I could just go try it again, but I'll ask. Has Evernote changed significantly over the last year+ or so? I signed up for Evernote some time ago, and while I enjoyed the concept it was clunky and kind of ugly and I was overall just indifferent to the product.

I tried Springpad some time after quitting Evernote and found it to be more fluid and easier to use. So, has there been significant changes to Evernote? Or, is it largely the same and likely just a preference issue for me?

Re: Evernote: Company of the Year

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libraryatnight wrote: post #25

I have to ask, I suppose I could just go try it again, but I'll ask. Has Evernote changed significantly over the last year+ or so? I signed up for Evernote some time ago, and while I enjoyed the concept it was clunky and kind of ugly and I was overall just indifferent to the product. I tried Springpad some time after quitting Evernote and found it to be more fluid and easier to use. So, has there been significant cha…

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Re: Evernote: Company of the Year

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Post by pkteison »

gmichnikov wrote: post #12
antirez wrote: post #9

A good example of solving a real problem people have, definitely a good approach. I'm an evernote user, I like it, but I see many possibilities for improving UI and features, it's worth trying IMHO.

I'd be very curious to hear more about how exactly people are using Evernote in their day-to-day lives. I installed it on my laptop and phone a year or two ago but I could never really figure out a use for it.

Meeting notes, shopping lists, todo lists, whiteboard photographs, names of people I've met at parties so I can remember who they are later, cigars and whiskey I've enjoyed.

Every other list maker I've ever tried has suffered from either local storage - it won't be with me after I flash my phone or if I take the idevice to the store instead of the android or if I'm at my computer and left my phone downstairs - or else poor searching. Evernote makes all my info show up everywhere I am and be very well searchable, so it's become my go-to 'jot something down' system. I particularly love that they did a great job on search.

Re: Evernote: Company of the Year

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Post by rcourtie »

gmichnikov wrote: post #12
antirez wrote: post #9

A good example of solving a real problem people have, definitely a good approach. I'm an evernote user, I like it, but I see many possibilities for improving UI and features, it's worth trying IMHO.

I'd be very curious to hear more about how exactly people are using Evernote in their day-to-day lives. I installed it on my laptop and phone a year or two ago but I could never really figure out a use for it.

I have an interest in fashion and interior design, and Evernote is how I save images of looks that I like or might consider buying in the future. It's nice, it can save images, textual descriptions and the source with very little effort. With the Chrome plugin I don't even need the Evernote app to be open to save notes.

Re: Evernote: Company of the Year

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Post by gallamine »

gmichnikov wrote: post #12
antirez wrote: post #9

A good example of solving a real problem people have, definitely a good approach. I'm an evernote user, I like it, but I see many possibilities for improving UI and features, it's worth trying IMHO.

I'd be very curious to hear more about how exactly people are using Evernote in their day-to-day lives. I installed it on my laptop and phone a year or two ago but I could never really figure out a use for it.

I'm doing job interviews and I take a picture of every business card I get handed. Evernote will OCR them and store them forever, so I can trash the cards and have access to the data in the future.

For flights, I store all my itinerary information, and also make a note of the parking location in a special note. Never forget that way.

I have a note for all my emergency contact information. I have a notebook for date ideas for my wife and I.

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