Phil Libin (Russian: Филлип Либин; was born in Leningrad, USSR in 1972, and moved to America when he was eight years old. He served as CEO of the Silicon Valley-based software company Evernote from 2007 to 2015, then became Executive Chairman of Evernote's board. In September 2015, Libin joined General Catalyst Partners as its fourth general partner in Silicon Valley. In September 2016, Libin stepped down as Executive Chairman of Evernote's board of directors to focus on his role at General Catalyst Partners.
Currently Libin runs the Startup "mmhmm" and the startup studio All Turtles.
Everything in the world can be made better, and everything in the world therefore should be made better. It deserves to be made better. It's a moral obligation to try to improve things a little bit at a time.
There are many wrong reasons to want to be an entrepreneur. I think there's only one good reason: to change the world.
The only right reason to be an entrepreneur is to change the world.