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Lessons From The Incredible Story of Dropbox

SaaS Strategists,
Thereās a company on the market we all know a little too well.
But do you know how they went from $0 to $2.3 billion in annual revenue & over 15 million paying users?
Steve Jobs offered a 9-digit acquisition offer to them & they refused.
iCloud & Google Drive were born because of them.
92% of Fortune 500 companies use them today.
Ultimately it became one of the most successful file-sharing companies in the world.
Today, we dive into the incredible origin story of Dropbox. šļø
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š¾ From Forgotten USB Stick to a 9-figure Steve Jobs Acquisition Offer
Itās 2005 and Drew Houston just graduated from MIT.
Heās already feeling like he is missing out.
One of his friends just raised a $5M investment.
The other just launched JustinTV (now known as Twitch).
He knew he wanted to pursue a similar path, but he didnāt have the big idea.

One day he got on a bus from Boston to NY.