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    2. Why Churn is SO critical to success in SaaS

      Explore Blog of David Skok, Matrix Partners (May 7 2012) Marketing , Productivity

      Why Churn is SO critical to success in SaaS ... that increases the pricing according to some usage metric that will grow over time. As an example, Dropbox charges you more as you use more storage. Email marketing companies charge you more as your email l... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   David Skok   Dropbox

    3. Startup Hiring: The 10% Solution

      Explore ReadWriteWeb (Apr 23 2012) Marketing , Recruiting , Productivity

      ...re generous with your equity. "Pinterest can hire, Square can hire, Dropbox can hire - these companies have a clear demand for their products and are becoming market leaders,"... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Dropbox   Venture Hacks

    4. 8 Ways Writing a Book Is Like Starting a Company

      Explore On Startups by Dharmesh Shah (Mar 13 2012) Marketing , Productivity

      8 Ways Writing a Book Is Like Starting a Company ...uct, get covered on TechCrunch, and the secrets behind companies like Onswipe, Foursquare, Twitter, Dropbox, Mint, and more."Many books are published every month, just like there are many web apps launched e... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Seth Godin   Brad Feld   Dropbox

    5. Startup Lessons From 17 Hard-Hitting Quotes In "Moneyball"

      Explore On Startups by Dharmesh Shah (Feb 2 2012)

      Startup Lessons From 17 Hard-Hitting Quotes In "Moneyball" ...hey're part of the problem. Figure out what the actual issue is, and solve it. For example, look at Dropbox. Drew set out to solve a really hard problem -- getting data to synch across different devices. He ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Oracle   Apple   Dropbox

    6. 5 Tips for Transitioning From College to Startup Life

      Explore mashable.com (Jan 23 2012)

      5 Tips for Transitioning From College to Startup Life ...hat feel comfortable. When it comes to documents, I’m a Google Apps kind of guy. Some people prefer Dropbox or MobileMe. Everyone our age should be able to find the answer to any basic question within a minu... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Steve Ballmer   Dropbox   USC

    7. Tips for Entrepreneurs from a First Year VC

      Explore PandoDaily (Jan 19 2012)

      Tips for Entrepreneurs from a First Year VC ...siness plan judging and demo days. Those meetings resulted in just four investments for me (Tumblr, Dropbox, Clearslide and Citrus Lane) plus a handful of seed investments. That’s a massive “bias-to-no” for ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greylock   America   Dropbox

    8. The Only Two Questions Founders Need to Answer

      Explore LAUNCH (Jan 13 2012)

      ...this product next month and next year? If you run an amazing product like Yammer, Zappos, Airbnb or Dropbox through the tactical questions, it quickly becomes clear that these firms have people with skillz. ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Hollywood   Jason Calacanis

    9. 6 Business Lessons You Can Learn from the Rise of Dropbox

      Explore quicksprout.com (Jan 13 2012) Marketing

      6 Business Lessons You Can Learn from the Rise of Dropbox You can’t go very far without running into Drew Houston’s company Dropbox. It is considered one of the hottest tech companies and its rise since 2006 can teach you a lot abo... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Microsoft   Africa

    10. How Not to Name a Startup: The Curse of the Camel Case

      Explore Xconomy (Jan 5 2012)

      How Not to Name a Startup: The Curse of the Camel Case ...se days. Not just Facebook, Salesforce, Qualcomm, and Rackspace, mind you, but also Admeld, Airbnb, Dropbox, Foursquare, Zipcar, Wayfair, Redfin, Evernote, Flipboard, Shopkick…and the list goes on. Note that... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Oracle   Apple   Microsoft

    11. How Dropbox Became The Startup Steve Jobs Wished To Own – with Drew Houston

      Explore mixergy.com (Dec 26 2011)

      How Dropbox Became The Startup Steve Jobs Wished To Own – with Drew Houston How did Dropbox go from idea to 50 million users? Why did Steve Jobs want to buy it? And why did the founders turn ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Jessica Livingston   Eric Reis   Boston

    12. When being “first” is not a competitive advantage

      Explore A Smart Bear (Dec 19 2011) Marketing

      When being “first” is not a competitive advantage ...lection, it’s not. Google wasn’t the first search engine, the iPod wasn’t the first mp3 player, and DropBox wasn’t the first shared filesystem. Yet they are the market leaders. Indeed, their market’s greates... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Dropbox   Ford

    13. Why is enterprise tech so far behind consumer tech? Because it can be.

      Explore cdixon.org (Dec 4 2011)

      ... types of “enterprise software”: 1. software that helps an end user accomplish a task (Google docs, DropBox, SalesForce, Box.net, etc.)2. software the fulfills a business goal, which mostly means back-end bu... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Chris Dixon   Dropbox

    14. Stop Building Your Product And Learn Kopywriting Now – with Neville Medhora

      Explore mixergy.com (Oct 19 2011)

      Stop Building Your Product And Learn Kopywriting Now – with Neville Medhora ... a while, the connection goes a little soft. What often happens with interviewees is that they have Dropbox that suddenly kicks in in the middle of the interview and sinks in the background, but sucks away t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   India   Warren Buffett   Tim Ferriss

    15. Business Model Analysis, Part 5: Virality

      Explore Platforms and Networks (Jul 26 2011) Marketing

      ...en individual users.Many startups combine more than one viral mechanism in their go-to-market plan. Dropbox, for example: 1) harnessed a direct network effect when users employed the service to collaborate o... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   David Skok   Dropbox   Matrix Partners

    16. Business Model Analysis, Part 4: Racing for Scale

      Explore Platforms and Networks (Jul 25 2011) Marketing

      ...ample, by relying on Amazon’s S3 cloud storage service rather than building its own infrastructure, Dropbox was able to acquire 25 million customers within four years of its founding.When operations are kept... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Dropbox   Qualcomm

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