In 2007, Drew Houston co-founded Dropbox with Arash Ferdowsi, his classmate at MIT. He was twenty-four years old then. Today, with about 300 million users (including 10 million in Japan) and over 100,000 client companies worldwide, Dropbox has quickly become the world’s leading cloud storage provider.
In just over seven years, Dropbox has gone through two different stages: first early startup, and then the subsequent fast, wild, and continued expansion. Has Dropbox’s business developed and grown the way he intended? What are his discoveries and lessons learned? And what does he plan for the future?
Speaker:
» Drew Houston (Co-Founder and CEO of Dropbox)
This seminar was held at the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University in Tokyo on April 9, 2015. This video is a re-upload of the original recording published on @GLOBIS_Manabihodai-Chikenroku on April 27, 2015. Dropbox: Tech Giant’s Birth, Growth and Future.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction and Personal History
00:14:27 Origins of Dropbox
00:29:30 Dropbox’s Biggest Challenges
00:32:25 What Dropbox has Done Right and Wrong
00:38:10 Drew Houston’s Future Aspirations
00:42:03 How to Evaluate Talent
00:47:56 Dealing with Growth and Reputation
00:50:44 Projections for Growth in the Online Storage Business
00:54:25 Hiring Good Talent
00:55:41 Startups and Revenue Streams
00:58:30 Dropbox’s Approach to Google
01:00:13 Managing Time as a CEO
01:03:06 Technical Requirements for Modern Entrepreneurs
01:05:11 Values to Live By
01:11:30 How Dropbox Got Its Name
01:13:31 Advice for Young Japanese Entrepreneurs
01:19:18 Has Drew Houston Ever Thought of Retiring?
01:21:16 Helping the Underprivileged
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