Drew Houston
Drew Houston
Andrew W. "Drew" Houstonis an American Internet entrepreneur who is best known for being the founder and CEO of Dropbox, an online backup and storage service. According to Forbes magazine, his net worth is $1.39 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth4 March 1983
CityActon, MA
CountryUnited States of America
book reading thinking
Reading a book about management isnt going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts.
inspirational fun hard-work
The hardest-working people don't work hard because they're disciplined. They work hard because working on an exciting problem is fun.
book engineering marketing
I'd be like, alright, I don't know anything about sales. So I would search for sales on Amazon, get the three top-rated books and just go at it. I did that for marketing, finance, product, engineering. If there was one thing that was really important for me, that was it.
successful people important
The happiest and most successful people I know don't just love what they do, they're obsessed with solving an important problem, something that matters to them.
Learn early, learn often.
inspirational hero circles
Where you live matters: there's only one MIT. And there's only one Hollywood and only one Silicon Valley. This isn't a coincidence: for 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.
adventure giving perfect
Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.
real mistake school
When you’re in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if you’re not swerving around and hitting the guard rails every now and then, you’re not going fast enough. Your biggest risk isn’t failing; it’s getting too comfortable.
inspirational people important
Surrounding yourself with inspiring people is now just as important as being talented or working hard.
adventure writing practice
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. Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.
dream planning study
If you have a dream, you can spend a lifetime studying, planning, and getting ready for it. What you should be doing is getting started.
business young-entrepreneurs starting-up
Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once.
best both head knows poker scares shut telling time voice work
What scares me the most is that both the poker bot and Dropbox started out as distractions. That little voice in my head was telling me where to go, and the whole time I was telling it to shut up so I could get back to work. Sometimes that little voice knows best.
good guitar management manager thinking
Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts.