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Dropbox accidentally became cash flow positive shortly after its public launch
“We were very careful to get the product right through the beta, and then at public launch, we turned on the paid version, and we sort of became accidentally cash flow positive after that, because it was just growing so quickly.”
Drew Houston's initial Dropbox screencast topped Hacker News for two days
“And then I posted my demo video to Hacker News, and it hit the top of Hacker News for like two days.”
Arash Ferdowsi dropped out of MIT after a few coffee dates
“No, it was a series of conversations, you know, but not a lot, you know, it was like the equivalent of a few days. If you're, you know, a few coffee dates, basically, and I'm like, alright, I'm expecting to have to talk to the parents, and like, do all this st…”