![]() They work hard because working on an exciting problem is fun.” Houston gave the 2013 Commencement address, saying “The hardest-working people don't work hard because they're disciplined. True to his company’s goal of using technology to bring people (and files) together, Houston is keen to share his own wisdom with others, especially those at MIT. It's expanding its business model by selling at the corporate level - employees at companies with Dropbox can use, essentially, one big box. The file-sharing company recently crossed the $1-billion threshold in annual subscription revenue. Like MIT’s campus computing environment, Athena, a pre-cloud solution for enabling files and applications to follow the user, Dropbox’s Drew Houston ’05 brings his alma mater everywhere he goes.Īfter earning his bachelor’s in electrical engineering and computer science, Houston’s frustration with the clunky need to carry portable USB drives drove him to partner with a fellow MIT student, Arash Ferdowsi, to develop an online solution - what would become Dropbox.ĭropbox, which now has over 500 million users, continues to adapt. ![]()
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