Houston: Multi-product companies lose accountability if organized functionally
Drew Houston · Behind the founder: Drew Houston (Dropbox) · Jan 9, 2025 · at 1:15:43
Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, explains why multi-product tech companies must transition from functional hierarchies to business unit structures.
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“You try to build multiple products in a functional org, but then you know, you lose accountability because people are like, well, I'm spinning a lot. I'm trying to make Dropbox work and I'm trying to make mailbox work and I'm trying to make paperwork and all these things. And so then you respond by like sort of breaking up into groups or, you know, business units.”
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