In 2006, Drew Houston got on a bus from Boston heading to New York. He planned to use the three-hour ride to get some work done, so he opened his laptop, and realized he had left his thumb drive with all of his work files at home. Drew decided he never wanted to have that problem again. On that bus ride, he started writing the code to build a cloud-based fil ... Show More
Sep 2019
Take on Goliath — and win, w/Dropbox's Drew Houston
<p>When Drew Houston founded Dropbox, he knew he faced some fierce competition (hello, Google, Apple and Microsoft). But he didn’t back down. Why? Because he believed in his product, and he knew he had an advantage those big, cumbersome competitors could never exploit: Dropbox wa ... Show More
42m 20s
Oct 2022
20VC: Dropbox's Drew Houston on Leadership; Hiring, Firing, Breakpoints in Company Scaling, The Story of Nearly Getting Acquired by Steve Jobs and Apple, How Founders Should Think Through Potential Investors and Acquisitions
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/drewhouston">Drew Houston</a> is the Co-Founder and CEO @ <a href= "http://www.dropbox.com">Dropbox</a>, for over 700 million users and +600,000 teams, Dropbox is the choice for storing and sharing their most important ... Show More
43m 59s
Jun 2024
You could start a company this weekend, w/Noah Kagan
<p>Entrepreneur Noah Kagan wants everyone to feel empowered to start a business. That’s the core message of his new book, Million Dollar Weekend. He’s founded multiple companies worth at least a million dollars, including AppSumo. That’s his software marketplace worth more than $ ... Show More
32m 23s
Jul 2022
Mark Cuban Shares the Shark Tank "One That Got Away" He Wish He Invested
Mark Cuban stops by to tell Drew about his new venture, CostPlusDrugs.com, and spills the beans about a town in Mustang, Texas, that he bought for a friend. Also, Drew admits an embarrassing truth to Mark Cuban.
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