Fresh off our 100th episode. This week via Skype Phil Libin, founder of Evernote.com joins us. More priceless advice is dispensed on Ask Jason and the lovely Kathy Choi gives us the latest in Startup and Investment news. Background On Phil Libin and Evernote About Phil * Became CEO of Evernote in May 2007 * Previously was founder and president of Core Street, Ltd. (acquired by ActivIdentity for M in Dec. 2009) * Before that, was founder and CEO of Engine 5, a Boston-based software development company (acquired by Vignette Corp. for M in 2000) About Evernote * Designed to help users capture everything from both the physical and digital worlds, then store and organize it * Service officially launched in 2008 * Free version was designed as the primary model; most people who upgrade to premium () say they are doing so because they love the product * In 2008, came within 15 minutes of deciding to shut down the company; fundraising was very difficult in the early years * Had 5 million users by Nov. 2010 * Investors include: Sequoia Capital (series C, M), Morgenthaler Ventures, Troika Dialog, and DOCOMO Capital (all series B, total of M) * Has raised .5M total * Ritescript, a division of Evernote, products include ritePen (handwriting recognition), riteForm (software dev tool for handwriting recognition) and riteShape (software dev tool for shape and chart recognition)
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