The story
Houston forgot his USB stick on the way to New York and started coding. A demo video took the waitlist from 5,000 to 75,000 overnight. Steve Jobs offered to buy the company and they said no.
No. 025 · 2007 · San Francisco
Dropbox
Forgot his USB stick on a bus. Turned down Steve Jobs.
A feature that became a company
Make my startup a legend- 1 Boston to New York. He forgot his USB stick.
- 2 He starts coding right there.
- 3 Three-minute demo video. Packed with in-jokes.
- 4 Waitlist: 5,000 to 75,000 overnight.
- 5 Your files, everywhere.
- 6 Steve Jobs makes a nine-figure offer.
- 7 He says no.
- 8 "You're a feature, not a product."
- Founders
- Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi
- Founded
- 2007, San Francisco
- What they do
- Cloud file storage and sync.