Thursday 2 July 2015

Evernote CEO sets the record straight on finding his replacement

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Ask longtime Evernote CEO Phil Libin what he's really good at, and he’ll say it’s brainstorming, developing and evangelizing products

But taking a company public? Not so much

“In the beginning, I got to do only the things I was good at,” Libin told Mashable during an interview on Wednesday at Evernote’s Redwood City headquarters. “But when you get to a medium size, everyone sort of has to do everything. So I wound up being very shallow but very broad in my responsibilities. That isn’t why I joined.”

The fortysomething serial entrepreneur, who joined Evernote as CEO in 2007, recently — and unceremoniously — made headlines when The Information reported that he was actively hunting for his replacement Read more...

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