How do you win when your competitors are the biggest companies in the world? This week on Grit , Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston retraces the path from a bus-stop prototype to competing head-on with Google, Apple, and Microsoft. He explains why grit is “learning to run toward discomfort,” and the moments he realized founders keep going “for the love of the game.” Guest : Drew Houston, Co-Founder & CEO of Dropbox Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 00:52 Introduction 01:35 Towards full autonomy 16:20 Coming back to school 21:45 Golden ticket to California 25:23 No one’s born a CEO 28:15 Y Combinator and a co-founder 37:53 The craft of being a great CEO 53:41 Metabolizing the stress 1:10:14 Tactical advices and frameworks 1:27:48 Who Dropbox is hiring 1:29:35 What “grit” means to Drew 1:32:10 Outro Links: Connect with Drew X LinkedIn Connect with Joubin X LinkedIn Email:
[email protected] Learn more about Kleiner Perkins
