We called it Accolade, an SAT vocab word meaning an award of distinction. Most kids back then were still using these old-school 800-page books, and the other online prep courses weren’t very good. Over onion strings we decided that our company was going to make a new kind of online course for the SAT. It was a little anti-climactic, but we were in business.
It turns out you can just go online and fill out a form and be done in about two minutes. We were wondering if you needed to wear a suit to City Hall, or if you needed to make a company seal for stamping important documents. My co-founder, Andrew Crick, and I had never done this before. I started my first company in a Chili’s when I was 21. I know this doesn’t make any sense right now, but bear with me. There would be a tennis ball, a circle and the number 30,000. If you were to look at my cheat sheet, there wouldn’t be a lot on it. So what I want to do is give you a little cheat sheet, the one I would have loved to have had on my graduation day. But nobody tells you that after today, the recipe for success changes. What got you here was basically being smart and working hard. I’ve thought about what I would do if I had to start all over again. I’ve thought a lot about what’s different about the life you’re beginning today. In fact, I’ve never really had a grand plan – and what I realize now is that it’s probably impossible to have one after graduation, if ever. I had no idea.īeing up here in robes and speaking to all of you today wasn’t exactly part of my plan seven years ago. Or who knows? Maybe things will go horribly wrong. Maybe you’ll start a company, or cure cancer, or write the great American novel. The hard thing about planning your life is you have no idea where you’re going, but you want to get there as soon as possible. Get into this prestigious institution so you can get into the next prestigious institution. There are a lot of reasons why this is a special day, but the reason I’m so excited for all of you is that today is the first day of your life where you no longer need to check boxes.įor your first couple decades, success in life has meant jumping through one hoop after another: get these test scores, get into this college. I still wear my Brass Rat, and turning this ring around on graduation day is still one of the proudest moments of my life. I’m so happy to be back at MIT, and it’s an honor to be here with you today. Thank you Chairman Reed, and congratulations to all of you in the Class of 2013. 原文地址： Dropbox CEO Drew Houston’s 2013 MIT commencement address transcript The company later extended its business, and now requires the companies to pay a fee based on the number of employees who use the service.Dropbox CEO Drew Houston 2013 MIT commencement address transcript
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The San Francisco based company, started in 2007 by MIT graduates Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, began as a free service for consumers to share and store photos, music, and other large files but later got commoditized, as Google, Microsoft and Amazon started offering storage for free. It has a market capitalization of $21 billion.Īt a time when the markets aren’t exactly thriving, Dropbox will have to watch every step it takes. Its shares have since lingered just above the IPO price with investors troubled by widening losses and missed analyst estimates. Snap, owner of the popular messaging app, Snapchat, was forced to lower its IPO valuation expectations earlier this year amid investor concern over its unproven business model. Many tech companies such as Uber and Airbnb have resisted going public in recent months, concerned that stock market investors, who focus more on profitability than private investors do, would assign lower valuations to them. Recent reports suggest that Dropbox will start interviewing investment banks in the coming weeks. The company definitely hopes to see its valuation soar. It was previously valued at $10 billion at a private fundraiser in 2014. The IPO will be a test of Dropbox’s valuation. Data sharing business Dropbox Inc., is looking to hire underwriters for an Initial Public Offering that could take place later this year.
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