The cofounder of Evernote sometimes pretends to be a robot
Speaking at Irish tech conference Web Summit on Thursday, Libin revealed that "ever since I was a little kid, I'd get through difficult situations by pretending to be a robot."
Tired? Jet-lagged? "Have to get up super early?" Libin mimicks a mechanical voice: "I-AM-A-ROBOT-ROBOTS-DON'T-FEEL-TIRED."
"ROBOTS-BRUSH-THEIR-TEETH."
Give it a go next time you're faced with a tricky problem.
The executive and VC has expressed an interest in becoming a cyborg before. In a webinar with Pando earlier in 2015, he said that "I fully intend to be alive in 100 years, but I will be a disembodied head in a robot spider body with laser beams or something and that may not be the best thing to have as a CEO."
He was referring to his decision to step down as CEO of Evernote - something he also touched upon at Web Summit.
Reiterating his vision of a 100-year company, Libin said he is interested in "building a company that's bigger than the people in it," and can "still be a startup" a century later. He said he realised that while he "was good at solving the earlier-stage stuff," the company "needed to bring in someone who's going to be a more professional CEO" - Chris O'Neill.
Also: Libin wears two watches.
