People who use Evernote —love Evernote. They love it so much that BusinessWeek has likened them to being in a cult. I love Evernote—in large part because I love Phil Libin.
He also has an identity mug —not just one, but a bunch of the same mug so that when people try to mess with him by taking his identity mug, he can grab a backup.
The company follows a freemium model: users try out the basic product for free, and when they become addicted, they upgrade to the premium service. Interestingly, Evernote has a pretty consistent pattern of converting users the longer they use the product. While only some 0. The consumer benefits from a straightforward cost structure, while the business benefits from a predictable income stream. Subscription business models are built on the concept of providing a product or service in exchange for recurring subscription income on a monthly or annual basis.
As a result, they place a higher premium on client retention than on customer acquisition. Subscription business models, in essence, concentrate on revenue generation in such a manner that a single client makes repeated payments for extended access to a product or service.
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Click to enlarge. Scroll Up Down. Embed code: Width. As I said in January's blog post, we're going to make the product we all know and depend on more worthy of our ongoing affection, although I recognize that in navigating this process we're almost unavoidably going to disappoint some folks based on the places we focus and the choices we make.
Our commitment to early beta testing, along with early disclosure of our direction through the videos, is helping us course correct and identify unanticipated challenges as early as possible in the process. Finally, the company continues to be on sound financial footing, getting even sounder this year. We're a private company, so it's relatively easy to throw a bunch of fud around concerning our financials, but two key facts speak for themselves: First, since the statement quoted above that Chris made in , we haven't raised any venture funding.
And second, we're still here. A rational interpretation of those easily confirmable facts, coupled with the observation in the New York Times article that I expect us to be profitable on an annual basis for the first time this year, would be that over that time we've been successful in managing our burn rate against cash reserves, and that we're now growing up into profitability. While I know that it's sometimes more entertaining to spin more elaborate theories, it really doesn't need to be - and more importantly, it isn't - any more complicated than that.
I continue to appreciate the patience of every one of our users while we work to create a better Evernote, the Evernote that they deserve in return for their commitment. Appreciate your lurking and responding. Please give us some beta's that are usable instead of feature-hobbled. The errors are what give you fodder for fixes. The capabilities are what allow me to do my work.
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Already have an account? Sign in here. Followers 3. Recommended Posts. Posted June 28, Link to comment. DTLow 5, Posted June 28, Thanks for sharing, it was an interesting perspective More informative than the usual crash and burn articles I seems CEO Ian Small has a level headed view of Evernote's state I like the humour with the socks, and business instead of a movement A little concerned about the "It expects to reach positive cash flow this year" O'Neill said Evernote had a positive cash flow.
Level 5. PinkElephant 3, Posted June 28, Seems they are set to get the company back on track. CalS 4, Posted June 28, Right of passage to adulthood, a good thing! Get yourself a second web identity and another browser. DTLow 5, Posted June 30, Posted June 30, The question is, what is " the track " Personally, I use the editor for basic notes, and need Evernote to process my data sync, organize, I use a Mac and iPad, web as fallback; and Mac Applescript for automation Other users have different ideas on what " the track " should be.
Hadn't seen that post Wanderling Reborn 88 Posted July 21, Posted July 21, Or, just keep cutting costs, raising prices on captive loyal users, and hoping for the best. DTLow 5, Posted July 21, Do you see a problem with the majority of consumers unwilling to pay for this service. Just to add.. I've been bouncing between Evernote and Onenote for years. In Evernote's case, that's 6 cents per user per month in costs, while revenue is more 22 cents per user, leaving a gross profit of 16 cents per user, on average.
So Evernote's focus isn't on trying to find ways to move users to the premium version, Libin said. Instead engineering decisions are made by figuring out how to keep retention rates high. It's a model that's also working for another darling of freemium business model, Dropbox, which gives users a free 5GB of online storage, with no limits on number of devices or who you share it with.
Libin said that Evernote and other freemium services that serve millions without charging them or showing them ads owe their existence to the development of low-cost servers, cheap bandwidth, open source software, and cloud infrastructure.
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