Note Taking Apps
topic on 4 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
Founder's Journal 
the Neon Show 
the Startup Ideas Podcast 
the a16z Podcast
5 statements about Note Taking Apps, every show
Riley Brown: Highly Flexible Note Apps Undermine Team Collaboration
“I'm not a huge fan of like note taking apps where you have a lot of creative freedom because anytime you try and collaborate things become unclear. Notion, there's just too many options and bells and whistles in my opinion”
Forte: Productivity Software Has an Inverse Moat From Accumulating Digital Clutter
“In fact, my theory is that not only is there no moat, there's whatever you would call, like, the opposite of a moat. There's actually an incentive for people to leave your product. Why? Because the favorite moment, the favorite experience of people who use suc…”
Nat Eliason: I would pay $1,000 for AI-embedded personal note tools
“Theoretically, any note-taking app should be able to offer that as a service, or maybe you pay, you know, I, I'd pay like a thousand dollars or more for this, right? Very happily.”
Forte: Note-taking obstacles are psychological, not limitations of software tools
“It's different, but I'd say the common thread is the obstacles and challenges are always psychological. People think sometimes the problems are out there. Oh, I need a certain note taking app or I need a certain feature. It's not the case. People have been tak…”
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 …”