Dropboxs drew houston on his four favorite business books. Dropbox ceo drew houston is joining facebook s board of the directors, the company said monday. Drew houston is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. Minutes later, he was coding a solution to the problem. Drew houston generally travels from san francisco, ca, usa and can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other. View drew houston s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Drew houstons morph from hacker to hypergrowth ceo. Rejected once before, drew eventually went through y combinator in the winter of 2007 with dropbox and has since grown it to over 500 million users today. The drew houston interview on the tim ferriss show.
Houston is popular around the world for his innovative ideas as an internet entrepreneur. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Drew houston good people never joy reading a book about management isnt going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts. The history of dropbox the amazing story of its founder drew houston who turned a very simple idea into a multi billion dollars business.
Getty images silicon valley might be competitive, but it also appears to be a breeding ground for friendships among its famous execs. So, part of it was just like kind of doing a random walk on amazon, but i also became friends with the founders of the companies where i worked. Bill gates daniel ek drew houston marc andreessen naval ravikant patrick collison ramit sethi tim ferriss warren buffett zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance robert m. The cloud storage provider went public in march 2018. The laura, the first steamship ever to visit houston, arrived in january 1837. Dropbox ceo drew houston on owning his own company fortune. Their eyes go a little crazy, the leash snaps and they go bounding off, plowing through whatever gets in the way. On a long bus ride with a pile of work to do, hed forgotten the thumb drive with all his files before the cloud, back when that used to mean game over. The top 10 podcasts for entrepreneurs and business leaders. Drew houston when i think about it, the happiest and. Business trends and insights from american express delivers insights and inspiration to help you run, grow and expand your business. Drew eventually went back to school and finished his undergrad. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover drew.
Drew houstons commencement speech at mit to class of 20. If the subject of class were starting a company high output management drew says this is the best book on management ever written. Yeah, in that negotiation class theres a book called getting the yes, which is about principled negotiation, and i still think about and apply a lot of those concepts today. Drew houston is the ceo of dropbox, a file sharing service that has more than 500 million users. Drew received his bachelors degree in electrical engineering and computer science from mit in 2006. How dropbox started as a minimal viable product techcrunch. In 2007, drew houston flew to san francisco determined to find a cofounder for dropbox. The conversation focuses on what drew learned as a startup founder, and how he got up to speed by reading great books. Drew houston of dropbox recommends some great books on tim ferriss showpodcast score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. January 27, 2017 host jessica harris talks with drew houston, cofounder of dropbox. Drew houston recommended books most recommended books.
If drew were teaching a freshman, or senior level college class, and had to assign books to read. Drew houston was the keynote speaker at the commencement ceremony of the class of 20 at the mit massachusetts institute of technology. Houston cofounded the company in 2007, when he was 24, with mit classmate arash ferdowsi. The city was granted incorporation by the state legislature on june 5, 1837 and was made as the temporary capital of texas. Drew houston biography, email, dropbox, wife, house. Dropbox founder drew houston, quick sprout founder neil patel, zappos founder tony hsieh, gary vaynerchuk vaynermedia, alexis ohanian reddit cofounder. Famously, he forget to take his usb drive on a long bus ride, depriving of the files he needed to work. Since founding the company in 2007 with arash ferdowsi, drew has led the companys growth from a simple idea to a service used by 500 million people around the world. Wisebooks all people wisebooks book recommendations.
This heirloomquality, hardbound book captures the essence of the popular and unprecedented series of stories and images tracing houston citys evolution over the last 115 years since the founding of the houston chronicle. Over a decade ago, when drew houston founded dropbox in 2007, he knew the file sync problem was a problem he faced intimately, and suspected others faced as well. Explore to learn trends in business and get valuable insights. Dropbox history the start up story of drew houston. It wasnt a great experience, coming in unannounced, houston recently told students in an exclusive. Dropbox founder and ceo drew houston started doing focused deep dives into an aspect of business he didnt understand while he ran his first company. Drew houston is featured on the cover of forbes magazine as the entrepreneur who outsteve jobsed steve jobs. The original dropbox mvp explainer video shortform blog. Jobs had been tracking a young software developer named drew houston, who blasted his way onto apple s radar screen when he reverse. Why dropboxs leadership team reads four book each year. His company offers an online file sharing services for backup and storage facilities and apart from the individual users, the company has successfully. Free database of books recommended by worldclass people. Drew houston is chairmanpresidentceocofounder at dropbox inc.
Drew houston is an american billionaire who is best known for being the founder and ceo of dropbox. Drew houston project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. On january 1, 1837, the town comprised twelve residents and one log cabin. When i think about it, the happiest and most successful people i know dont just love what they do, theyre obsessed with solving something that matters to them. Houston says this book is very relevant for any tech company.
In a telling moment, drew describes the fear of failure that a young ceo confronts, saying your instinct will be to run away from that feeling, and what you need to. Andrew houston is an american internet entrepreneur, and the cofounder and ceo of dropbox, an online backup and storage service. Drew houston speakers bureau and booking agent info. Drew houston s commencement address at massachusetts institute of technology in cambridge, massachusetts, news. Drew houston is better known as the founder of dropbox. The houston chronicle is proud to present a beautiful new coffeetable book, houston through the years. Guests on the tim ferriss show have included the billionaire entrepreneurs chris sacca, drew houston, eric schmidt, joe gebbia, kevin systrom, marc andreessen, patrick collison, peter thiel, ray dalio, reid hoffman and richard branson. On a friends advice, he walked into y combinators offices unsolicited to talk to paul graham about finding the right person. Joseph hairdressing book appointments online booksy. Houston cofounded dropbox in 2007 alongside fellow mit student arash ferdowsi. Okay, everyone on this site is impressive, but try keeping your cool as you read this massive micdrop intro. A phenomenon that change the way of sharing documents across multiple devices. Subscribe for biweekly bitesized book recommendations.
Dropbox ceo drew houston, left, and mark zuckerberg. Drew houston has 43 books on goodreads, and is currently reading the minds eye by oliver sacks, and recently added on the move. Dropboxs young ceo drew houston learned about leadership from reading books by intel icon andy grove. Youtube influencer, filmmaker, entrepreneur, vlogger. Dropbox ceo drew houston joins facebooks board of directors. The book was first published in 1996 and talks about how to manage through what he calls a strategic inflection point, a time when. Drew received his bachelors degree in electrical engineering and computer science from mit in.
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