Posted on seventeenth October 2022 by hstebbings1
Drew Houston is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Dropbox, for over 700 million customers and +600,000 groups, Dropbox is the selection for storing and sharing their most essential recordsdata. Previous to their IPO in 2018, Drew raised funding from a number of the greatest together with Sequoia, Index, Greylock, and IVP to call a couple of. Drew additionally at present sits on the board of Meta and is a seasoned angel with a portfolio together with Gusto, Scale AI, Pilot and Superhuman to call a couple of. Previous to Dropbox, Drew based Accolade, a bootstrapped on-line SAT prep firm he began whereas in faculty.
In Right now’s Episode with Drew Houston We Talk about:
1.) Entry into Startups and Y Combinator:
- How did Drew make his manner into the world of startups with an SAT prep planning startup?
- How did Drew persuade Paul Graham to simply accept him and Dropbox into Y Combinator?
- If we’re all a operate of our pasts, what’s Drew operating in direction of and what’s he operating away from?
2.) Drew Houston: The Chief and CEO:
- How does Drew outline “excessive efficiency” immediately?
- How would Drew describe his fashion of administration? How has it modified over time?
- How did taking an enneagram check change how Drew leads? What did he study?
- What have been Drew’s greatest hiring errors? What errors does he see others make?
- What have been Drew’s greatest classes in methods to let individuals go the fitting manner?
3.) Crucible Moments: Getting Sequoia, Acquisitions and Steve Jobs:
- How did Drew persuade the Sequoia workforce to put money into Dropbox? How did all of it begin in a rug store due to Pejman Nozad @ Pear?
- Has Drew had alternatives to promote the corporate? Why did he not take them? How does he advise founders on the choice to promote or not?
- How did Drew come to satisfy Steve Jobs? How did the assembly go?
4.) Drew Houston: AMA:
- Is Dropbox a B2B firm or a B2C firm?
- What’s the hardest aspect of Drew’s function with Dropbox?
- What has Drew lately modified his thoughts on?
- When press cycles have been in opposition to him, how did Drew get by these robust occasions?
- What’s Drew’s greatest takeaway from becoming a member of the Meta board?
Gadgets Talked about In Right now’s Episode:
Drew’s Fave Guide: Excessive Output Administration by Andy Grove
