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Published · transcript-backedLenny Rachitsky: evaluation
9 Jan 2025 Lenny's Podcast Behind the founder: Drew Houston (Dropbox)
“Dropbox is on fire. And then, there's the second era that I think fewer people know about, which I'll just say, everyone was trying to kill you.”
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- Lenny Rachitsky
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- 9 Jan 2025
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- Lenny's Podcast
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…I learned a lot. Oh, wow. I appreciate that. The way I'm thinking we structure this conversation is, as an outsider, it feels like there's almost been these three eras of Dropbox. And tell me if I am missing something, but essentially, it feels like there's the first era of you're killing it. Just up and to the right killing it. Dropbox is on fire. And then, there's the second era that I think fewer people know about, which I'll just say, everyone was trying to kill you. All the incumbents are coming after you. I like that it leads you to sigh. This is going to be good. And then, there's the current era. I'll say the third era of just rethinking what Dropbox could be. Does that sound roughly right? That's a good way to think about that? I think that's right. Yep.…
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