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Houston: Steve Jobs publicly called Dropbox archaic when announcing iCloud in 2011
“Steve Jobs was like on stage in 2011 announcing iCloud, calling out Dropbox by name as something that will be viewed as archaic.”
Dropbox valuation grew from $6M-$7M in 2007 to $4B in 2011
“Going from, you know, maybe seven, six million valuation in 2007 to twenty seven million in 2008 to then four billion valuation in 2011, you know, being on magazine covers, just that whole experience was wild.”
Tan: Dropbox built its initial sales team with non-salespeople
“Dropbox was known for this. We would hire a ton of like really smart people that had never done sales and had them do sales.”
Changuel: Dropbox and Snowflake Have Internal Principles Focused on Customer Joy
“So for example, for Dropbox, they do have a product principle called Cupcake. For Snowflake, they have something called Superhero. I mean, the names could vary, but the meaning is exactly the same. I mean, it's all about bringing joy to the customers.”