Evernote hit 1.1 million users just two months after its Chinese launch in July 2012. CEO Phil Libin revealed this week that his company now has 4 million users in China one year after its debut.
On Tuesday at the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, Evernote's team in China â€" which has grown to 17 people â€" flipped the switch on the Chinese version of its Evernote Business service.
Libin also discussed China's integral role in Evernote’s strategy of becoming a long-term startup that can survive up against the world’s top web giants. Libin said, within the next decade, more Chinese tech companies will go global.
He also noted that as the nation shifts away from manufacturing and towards a knowledge-based economy, China will become a creative melting pot, and startups will be an "innovation furnace."
However, Evernote still has two larger rivals in China: Shanda’s Mknote, which had 5 million users last year, and Netease’s Cloud Notes with 8 million users in December.
Photo: Evernote CEO Phil Libin. Image via ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images
This article originally published at Tech in Asia here
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