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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 peopleโ€ฆ ,[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]
Challenges we face at scale
Launch fast and iterate quicklyโ€ฆ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The world is more complicatedโ€ฆ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Itโ€™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]
How we decide what to build
Some design principles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Votebox: our tracker for user requests
BUTโ€ฆfiguring 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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