Productivity market fit

Hi folks,


Welcome back to Noteworthy, where we explore what productivity actually looks like — especially when no one's watching.

🧠 What Andrew Carnegie Got Right (That Most Teams Still Miss)

Long before Silicon Valley was a thing, there was Andrew Carnegie — a Scottish immigrant who built one of the most productive companies in American history.

By the early 1900s, Carnegie Steel (later part of U.S. Steel) had become the backbone of the American industrial revolution.
When he sold the company in 1901 for $480 million (equivalent to $16 billion+ today), he became the richest man in the world.

But Carnegie wasn’t just obsessed with steel.
He was obsessed with systems, teams, and leverage.

He believed that productivity didn’t come from micromanagement — it came from hiring sharp people, giving them clear direction, and staying out of the way.
In fact, he once said he owed his success to the ability to “surround himself with people smarter than him.”

He was one of the first to:

• Delegate aggressively, without losing control

• Document operations so teams could move without constant approvals

• View knowledge sharing as a competitive edge

And he had his team members’ names carved into his company’s foundation, not his own.

Carnegie understood something most founders still miss:

Your output is only as good as your systems, and your systems are only as strong as your team’s clarity.

🚧 What’s Coming Soon on Speech to Note (App)

You’ve asked. We’ve listened. These most-requested features are on their way:

🌙 Dark Mode
A calmer interface for late nights and long sprints.

📁 Folder + Subfolder Support
Structure your notes the way your brain works. Organize your ideas, projects, and thoughts with a system that scales with you.

🌐 Multilingual UI
Work in the language you think in. Switch app languages seamlessly.

📡 Offline Mode

Capture thoughts anytime, anywhere. Record without internet — your notes will sync automatically when you're back online.

We’re not just adding features. We’re removing friction.
Because real productivity isn’t loud it’s quietly efficient.

📺 Community Corner: Tools We Love for Organised Thinking

📌 Make Time – A fresh take on productivity by Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky
📌 Notion’s PARA Template – A great way to sort projects, areas, and notes
📌 Readwise Reader – Turn what you read into searchable, usable ideas

Have a tool that changed how you think or work? Reply and tell us — we might feature it next time.

📜 Quote of the Week

"You may only be someone in the world, but to someone else, you may be the world."

Keep building.
Even small notes can lead to big moves.

See you soon,
— Abhsihek.