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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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Do You Have a Diplomatic Hand Grinder?

Drew Maguire: The most difficult moment for me was going through the period of hypergrowth and then kind of hitting the peak. He says he learned one of his biggest investing lessons from losing an investment. "You're like playing an old game with your little brother when they vaporize the blast off the table"

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