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YouTube: How Evernote user saved company w/$500k at last possible second
Great story.
- noelchurchill 16y agoI love stories like this. There are times when it seems there is no hope and the world is against you, but if you continue to push forward in the face of that adversity you just might find the help you need from an entirely unexpected source. Is that the opposite of a "black swan" event? Maybe call it the golden swan haha.
- markjeffrey 16y agoMan I know this feeling ... would have loved to have had an angel fly in last second on my second company. :) On the other hand, that was when I wrote my first novel which probably would not have happened otherwise, so ... :)
- AWOL 16y agoWhat crazy luck! Would have sucked to not have Evernote around!
- vannevar 16y agoBut you wouldn't know it sucked. There are lots of great companies that aren't around because they lacked the stroke of luck that saved Evernote. And we don't miss them precisely because they never were.
- moali8 16y agoWOW!! Gives the term "Angel Investor" a whole new meaning!
- corin_ 16y agoWhat's the logic of putting 'YouTube: ' in the title yet using a URL shortener for the link?
- AndrewWarner 16y agoThat's the title of the page. Jason probably used the HN bookmarklet
- corin_ 16y agoI don't think so, as YouTube URLs use ' - ' rather than ': '. Either way, I think having YouTube in the HN title is a good idea, however all submissions ought to have the actual URL, not going through a shortener.
- dpritchett 16y agoJC.is appears to be Calacanis's personal URL shortener.
- lancewiggs 16y agoThis is exactly what Angel investors should be doing. It's a relatively small amount of money, delivered with extreme speed and a willingness to take a punt. Angels may want to step up the the VC plate, but the risk is that the documents and deals are get thicker and slower. Isn't it better to give smaller amounts and more often?