YouTube: How Evernote user saved company w/$500k at last possible second

21 9 16 years ago

Great story.

Man 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• 16 years ago

What crazy luck! Would have sucked to not have Evernote around!

vannevar• 16 years ago

But 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.

corin_2• 16 years ago

What's the logic of putting 'YouTube: ' in the title yet using a URL shortener for the link?

AndrewWarner• 16 years ago

That's the title of the page.

Jason probably used the HN bookmarklet

corin_2• 16 years ago

I 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• 16 years ago

JC.is appears to be Calacanis's personal URL shortener.

noelchurchill• 16 years ago

I 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.

lancewiggs• 16 years ago

This 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?

YouTube: How Evernote user saved company w/$500k at last possible second

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