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Season 2, Episode 5: The Dropbox IPO

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Do Consumer Companies Allow Founders to Preserve More Funding?

Drew Maguire: Dropbox IPO was unusual for a founder to have $10 billion IPO and still own a quarter of the company. This was largely because of this explosive growth that they were experiencing while still monetizing, mind you. He says consumer companies allow founders to preserve more founders' equity. "I think we've talked about the good, the bad, the ugly of Dropbox in this episode"

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