Apple Notes
product on 21 shows · 8 statements across 8 episodes · said 107 times in 70 episodes since 2016
the Startup Ideas Podcast 28 
Top Founders 13 
the Neon Show 11 
Starter Story 8 
TBPN 7 
Lenny's Podcast 5 
My First Million 5 
20VC 5 
Founder's Journal 4 
the a16z Podcast 3 
Big Technology 3 
Acquired 2 
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 2 
Innovators & Investors 2 
the Knowledge Project 2 
Latent Space 2 
All-In 2 
Founders 1 
Another Podcast 1 
Sourcery 1 
the MAD Podcast
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2026 11 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
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- AI Sovereignty Wars, Palantir-Nvidia Deal, SCOTUS Birthright Ruling, Newsom’s CA Budget Lie
- Hermes Agent: The New OpenClaw?
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- Firecrawl AI clearly explained (and how to make $$)
- I fixed OpenClaw so it actually works (full setup)
- Claude Code for Finance + The Global Memory Shortage: Doug O'Laughlin, SemiAnalysis
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2025 33 mentions in 21 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: Inside Bending Spoons Acquisition Machine: Evernote, Eventbrite, Vimeo | How Evernote Evaluates Acquisitions and New Product Ideas | How Evernote Mastered Product Launches, User Retention and Monetisation with Federico Simionato
- How I Design Apps 10x Better (Free Course)
- OpenAI’s Potential, Google’s Speedy Model, Copilot Hits Turbulence
- The Complete AI Stack and Workflow for 100M+ Video Views
- Screensharing How This Guy Makes Millions with AI Agents (Rowan Cheung)
- I Make $250K/Month From 20 Apps
- Become a better communicator: Specific frameworks to improve your clarity, influence, and impact
- Automating Developer Email with MCP and AI Agents
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2024 29 mentions in 19 episodes 2 per episode
- pov: you have $10k to build a $1M startup
- My 2024 Year in Review (net worth update etc)
- Inside Facebooks Secret "Red Book" (ep18)
- $2.5 Billion Tech Empire Built On Acquisitions, Efficiency, & Pure Ambition w/ Founder, Luca Ferrari
- Marketing Lessons from Jingles, Candy Crush, and Betting Sites
- He Quit His Job And Makes $10M/Year Writing Online
- How BILLIONAIRES dress for XMAS (ep17)
- Inside JD Vance's Portfolio (ep8)
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2023 11 mentions in 9 episodes 1 per episode
- Billion-dollar Acquisitions, Private Jets, and the Art + Science of Persuasion
- The Ultimate TikTok Guide by JT Barnett: From Beginner to Stardom
- LLMs, links, and the death of links
- Velocity over everything: How Ramp became the fastest-growing SaaS startup ever | Geoff Charles
- Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
- Competing with giants: An inside look at how The Browser Company builds product | Josh Miller (CEO)
- 3 Customers and $3m ARR, How this Drone Mapping Startup Landed Enterprise Deals
- How to Build Your Second Brain (BONUS EPISODE)
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2022 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 8 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode
2018 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2017 2 mentions in 1 episode
2016 6 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
- How to Sell an Expensive Course FAST with Sue Zimmerman Episode 24
- He Crowdfuned $1m. You Won't Believe Why with Christian Smith of Trackr Ep 13
- EP 524: Podium Hits $1m MRR in 12 Months, $4m Raised with 6500 SMB Customers sub 1% Churn with CEO Eric Rea
- EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk
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8 statements about Apple Notes, every show
Evernote cannot compete with free Apple Notes for casual users, says Simionato
“They wouldn't pay because they are casual, and so they wouldn't invest much on a product that just gives them, like, basic functionality. They have loads of competing products that they can choose from. Apple Notes, Google Keep, and stuff like that, and so it …”
Pedregal: Granola's biggest competitor has always been Apple Notes
“The biggest competitor that Granola had from day one and even today is Apple notes.”
Isenberg shifted workflow from Notion to Apple Notes and pen and paper
“I'm spending more time on do not disturb mode. I really think that it's like the only way to get work done. I'm spending more time with pen and paper. I'm starting to write things down more. I'm spending more, I'm spending less time in like more hardcore produ…”
Coogan: Structured note-taking apps waste more time organizing than thinking
“Once you get more structured, it's like you're spending more time organizing than you are actually thinking.”
Note-taking apps fail unless they are 10x better than Apple Notes
“Note-taking apps in general, which also I pretty much agree with most of the time, unless the functionality is really 10 X better. Because at the end of the day, most of the notes that I'm taking are on my Mac, on literally like the Apple Notes app, and it is …”
Holliday: Apple Notes is amazing because Siri dictation is world's best
“Okay, this is silly, but Apple Notes is amazing because Siri's the best dictation software in the world, and it's free, and it automatically updates in the cloud on every device you use.”
Nova.ai CEO manages daily priorities and task backlogs primarily using Apple Notes
“Like, you know what I use most heavily is I just have my notes, my Apple notes, and every day I come in and I reprioritize my day and I reprioritize my week. And then I kind of groom the backlog for a couple of minutes too.”