![]() ![]() Summary: Fire These Four Engines to Launch a Rocketship Careerĭiscussion Topics: Fire These Four Engines to Launch a Rocketship CareerĠ1:10 | There are four engines you need to fire up to accelerate your career or build a high-performing team.Ġ3:31 | The first is to create a visible impact.Ġ5:21 | The second is to build your knowledge and your networks.Ġ6:34 | Just for fun: your job may not be the worst-paying in the world.ġ0:16 | Last, but not least, focus on the long term.ġ2:37 | As a bonus, I’d like to share with you a Japanese life-management framework that I found really insightful.ġ3:44 | In short, a successful career is one that balances all four of these elements.ġ5:23 | We are a new show, so please help share this episode with your friends and colleagues Transcript: Fire These Four Engines to Launch a Rocketship Career.Principle 2: Build Your Knowledge And Network.Transcript: Fire These Four Engines to Launch a Rocketship Career.Discussion Topics: Fire These Four Engines to Launch a Rocketship Career.I'm also seeing that for some products, a simple one with a transparent and sustainable business model is more desirable than one on the cutting edge. With 30,000 notes in mine, I'm hopeful the new owners are good stewards and continue to develop it (although I'm not optimistic). Who knows what happens to Evernote going forward. There was little anyone inside the company could have done. With most VC funds having a 10 year lifecycle, it's safe to assume this sale was forced by investors. According to Crunchbase, Evernote raised $290M, with the last round being in 2014 and the biggest one in 2012. The investors supported these efforts but eventually got impatient. building multiple micro-apps, making hardware (bags and desktop printers), pushing into the enterprise. Having raised a lot of money, it needed to grow, but it got into trouble when it tried to get fancy – e.g. Evernote is a victim of the game it signed up for. I do understand why this is happening though, which is why I'm lamenting it. And there was a version of the future where Evernote, like paper notebooks, could have been around forever. I always thought of Evernote like a paper notebook, but infinitely large, easily searchable, and available anywhere. There's something to be said for simple, stable, and understandable. Instead of trying to compete at the tip of the spear, they could have embraced what made them unique: their simplicity. This could have turned out differently for Evernote. We only know the goal of being the biggest, best and getting there ASAP – everyone wanna be a rocketship. Japan has the highest concentration of these companies that have been around for a 100+ years, with some having been around for 1000! We do not understand this approach to business in the west. There's a name for these companies in Japan: " Shinise". ![]() I wish they had embraced the beauty of building something that lasts generations. A 100 year companyĮarly users Evernote might remember the original CEO Phil Libin talking about building Evernote into "A 100 year company." I loved this idea, especially for an app that was supposed to be "for your life's work" (another tagline they used). For now, I wanted to share a few thoughts about this outcome for the app that has been the hub of my digital life since 2007. Even when I squint it's hard to see the 'synergy' of this deal but I'll reserve my judgment until I have a chance to do more research. Today, Evernote announced it would be sold to Bending Spoons, a maker of a couple video and photo editing apps. ![]()
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