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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch cover image

20VC: Dropbox's Drew Houston on Leadership; Hiring, Firing, Breakpoints in Company Scaling, The Story of Nearly Getting Acquired by Steve Jobs and Apple, How Founders Should Think Through Potential Investors and Acquisitions

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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The Biggest Lesson on Town Acquisition

The first thing on town is just really caring about it, which sounds kind of obvious. People don't usually want to join companies where the people are like less talented than them. The biggest mistakes that I've made are leaving people in roll too long or not thinking critically about what do we really need and who do they fit into our role as a company? And for my own learning curve, I really need my personal growth out of the company's growth Curve.

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