And one last thing - how he would kill the product. *Steve jobs then trolls Dropbox, explains all the issues they would face and how Dropbox is just a feature and not a product. On September 29, Drew spoke at the three-day German tech festival, Bits & Pretzels, that brings together the world’s leading entrepreneurs and investors. And we admire everything Apple has built, but we would want to stay independent. Drew Houston ( DrewHouston) is co-founder and CEO of Dropbox. Are you willing to sell?ĭrew - We are really enjoying building this. Here’s how the conversation went (of course this is not exact)- Steve - Where to begin? You have built a great product. Just your classic “forget your homework, start a billion-dollar company” situation.Īnd his solution - a cloud storage system allowing you to drop files in a folder and access them anywhere.ĭropbox has revolutionized file-sharing today and is currently valued at 8.95B$.ĭropbox turned all heads and necks in the Valley - including one, very turtle-covered neck, Steve Jobs’. So Drew decided to create an online storage service for people like him, which was supposed to be extremely simple and at the same time very functional. Here’s how Dropbox started - MIT student Drew Houston, back in 2006 kept forgetting a flash drive on his way to class. (just 2yrs after they started the company). Drew Houston the founder of Dropbox turned down an acquisition offer rumoured around ~250M$ from Apple in 2009.

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