Dropbox CEO Drew Houston describes how he met his co-founder, Arash Ferdowsi. After a visit to Silicon Valley, Houston and Ferdowsi were introduced and decided they would work together on the project. While it worked out great, says Houston, "It was kind of like getting married on the first date."

Dropbox Co-Founder Drew Houston believes false mythologies about tech company founders do a disservice to aspiring entrepreneurs. While many people think all tech founders start with world conquering visions, says Houston, the reality is that founders learn one day at a time just like everyone else.

Dropbox Co-Founder Drew Houston articulates why one of the biggest challenges his company faces is deciding the order in which to build features or fix problems. Houston shares insights from his company's experiences interacting with customer requests for changes, and the considerations that come into play when making decisions on these requests.

Co-Founder Drew Houston tells the origin story of Dropbox, his cloud-based online file storage company. Houston admits going after an idea in what was a crowded space, but explains the personal pain points that drove him to create the first version of his product.

While it is important to consider the competition, says Dropbox Co-Founder Drew Houston, time and energy are better spent on factors within your control. Houston asserts a strong internal focus is far more important than worrying about competition, because for startups, "suicide is a much more common cause of death than homicide."

According to Dropbox Co-Founder Drew Houston, the need for product distribution strategies is often overlooked at startups. Here he shares some of the mistakes he made around this issue and some of the guerilla-style successes the company achieved to grow their user base.

"There's a bunch of different paths to success," says entrepreneur Drew Houston. Here the co-founder of Dropbox explains why founding companies is not about "checking off boxes" from a list, and encourages entrepreneurs to embrace the fact that they won't have all the answers.