Dropbox startup lessons learned 2011

Startup Lessons Learned 2011 Drew Houston Founder/CEO, Dropbox @drewhouston

How things get built at Dropbox Challenges we face at scale How we decide what to build

Dropbox by the numbers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

People > process ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Find great people… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Big results with small # of people ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Planning ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Dropbox company goals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Study how other companies grew ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Launch fast and iterate quickly… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The world is more complicated… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

It’s not easy being lean ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Build the right thing & build things right ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some design principles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Votebox: our tracker for user requests

BUT…figuring out what your customers want is your job, not theirs

Big problems hidden in plain sight

Big problems hidden in plain sight ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Wrapping up ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Thank you! Questions? @drewhouston Slides: bit.ly/dropboxSLL2011

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