Our users are trapeze artists, high school football coaches - I got cornered by a couple of theoretical physicists who said Dropbox lets them collaborate across the world and share their experiments' results. They were raving about how it's driving their research. Drew Houston artistcoachcollaborate share on social
There are 30,000 days in your life. When I was 24, I realized I'm almost 9,000 days down. There are no warm-ups, no practice rounds, no reset buttons. Your biggest risk isn't failing, it's getting too comfortable. Every day, we're writing a few more words of a story. I wanted my story to be an adventure and that's made all the difference. Drew Houston 000adventurebig share on social
No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that. Drew Houston bearceotell Change image and share on social
Where you live matters. Whatever you're doing, there's usually only one place where the top people go. You should go there. Don't settle for anywhere else. Meeting my heroes and learning from them gave me a huge advantage. Your heroes are part of your circle, too - follow them. If the real action is happening somewhere else, move. Drew Houston actionadvantagecircle share on social
You think about who needs Dropbox, and it's just about anybody with a pulse. Drew Houston dropboxpulse Change image and share on social
People make basic assumptions based on what they have now. But you have to ask yourself, 'Is this really what people are going to be doing in five years?' Very few people ask themselves what they would actually want instead if they could wave a magic wand. Drew Houston assumptionbasebasic share on social
Dropbox is useful to anyone with a phone. That's, like, two billion people. Drew Houston billiondropboxpeople Change image and share on social
One misconception is that entrepreneurs love risk. Actually, we all want things to go as we expect. What you need is a blind optimism and a tolerance for uncertainty. Drew Houston blindentrepreneurexpect Change image and share on social