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 vital information. 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 number of. Drew additionally presently 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 number of. Previous to Dropbox, Drew based Accolade, a bootstrapped on-line SAT prep firm he began whereas in school.
In At present’s Episode with Drew Houston We Focus on:
1.) Entry into Startups and Y Combinator:
- How did Drew make his means into the world of startups with an SAT prep planning startup?
- How did Drew persuade Paul Graham to just accept him and Dropbox into Y Combinator?
- If we’re all a perform 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” at the moment?
- 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 suitable means?
3.) Crucible Moments: Getting Sequoia, Acquisitions and Steve Jobs:
- How did Drew persuade the Sequoia crew to spend money on Dropbox? How did all of it begin in a rug store because of 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 fulfill Steve Jobs? How did the assembly go?
4.) Drew Houston: AMA:
- Is Dropbox a B2B firm or a B2C firm?
- What’s the hardest component of Drew’s position with Dropbox?
- What has Drew lately modified his thoughts on?
- When press cycles have been towards him, how did Drew get by means of these robust instances?
- What’s Drew’s greatest takeaway from becoming a member of the Meta board?
Objects Talked about In At present’s Episode:
Drew’s Fave E-book: Excessive Output Administration by Andy Grove
