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They've raised $68.2m they no longer have the option to make a really great product that follows the unix philosophy. They have to do anything they can to attra
by tmpz22 6y ago
They've raised $68.2m they no longer have the option to make a really great product that follows the unix philosophy. They have to do anything they can to attract enterprise customers which is where the real investment-justifying money will be, and for the most part that means having an infinite list of features at a competitive price.
Granted, for selling out to VC they've still done a good job with design and product. But they have one path through their self-imposed blizzard and the footprints leading the way are clearly marked "Evernote".
- tomasreimers 6y agoYes, and I believe a lot of startup advice is to do one thing well (serving a specific market) before trying to branch out. Or are you saying they're trying to throws things at a wall to see what sticks with enterprise customers?
- tmpz22 6y agoOn paper they've already done the whole MVP/product-fit phase and are using the money to fast-forward into $100m-$1B ARR territory. This thread is talking about a relatively minor update as part of that phase, and leading people to point out the various flaws in their product with the corollary that they aren't really worth $100m-$1b territory in the first place. Then again who knows, surveymonkey is an example of a company that nobody thought would "get there" and yet they did.
- systemvoltage 6y agoEquating Notion to Unix - I don’t follow. In what sense? Unix philosophy is hardly relatable to Notion. For one, I can’t stand their frivolous design - emojis everywhere.
- jitl 6y agoNotion inherits more from the “cathedral” philosophy (Xerox PARC) than the “bazaar” philosophy (AT&T Bell Labs). Read more here: https://www.notion.so/about https://www.notion.so/about