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chris aldrich on roam's VC round
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maya lemmy.ml kixiQu@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2020-05-28
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Link: https://boffosocko.com/2020/09/11/a-200-million-seed-valuation-for-roam-shows-investor-frenzy-for-note-taking-apps-the-information/

Oof, oof, oof. Strong agree on this being a bad fit for VC funding.

It seems like if they're trying to get into the corporate wiki space (which is the only place I can imagine there being VC-money-type return), that's going to necessitate different focus on features from what makes sense for the personal brain-backup user.

I've enjoyed the new blood Roam has brought into the personal knowledgebase community, and it's even indirectly responsible for getting me back into Tiddlywiki after years of absence--but this can only skew people's expectations about what notetaking can be.
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