The Tim Ferriss Show

#334: Drew Houston — The Billionaire Founder of Dropbox

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Aug 27, 2018
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
2
How Did You Learn Programming When You Were a Kid?
04:15 • 3min
3
How Would Your Third Grade Teacher Define You?
07:24 • 2min
4
Starting a Non Line S a T Prep Company
08:57 • 5min
5
Is It a Necessity to Start a Company?
13:27 • 3min
6
What Books Have You Read That Really Influenced You?
16:15 • 1min
7
Are You Relating to the Innovator Dilemmas?
17:45 • 2min
8
How Do You Run a Team?
19:37 • 5min
9
How to Make Good Decisions in a Complex World?
24:36 • 3min
10
How to Avoid Making Really Bad Mistakes
27:54 • 3min
11
Is Your Inbox Overflowing?
30:42 • 3min
12
Do You Have a Set Schedule for Responding to Emails?
34:06 • 3min
13
Do You Use ML in Your Email?
36:57 • 6min
14
The Cost of Not Creating Clarity for Your Team
42:35 • 3min
15
The Time Audit Is So Important
45:37 • 2min
16
Why Did You Stop the Sa T Onli Prep Company?
47:38 • 6min
17
I've Got a Thone Drive, I Can't Take the Bus
53:22 • 3min
18
What Is Why Combinator?
56:20 • 2min
19
Applying for Y C With Dropbox
58:37 • 4min
20
I'm Not Dating Anyone, but You Need Not Get Married Byriht
01:02:25 • 4min
21
I've Got No Cofounder, No I C and Probably No Company A.
01:06:07 • 4min
22
Drop Box, Dropbox, Drop Box
01:09:56 • 2min
23
Drop Boxes - The Story Behind Them
01:11:50 • 4min
24
Arashlicus Slake Shows Up at Someone's House
01:15:44 • 2min
25
Is This for Real?
01:17:56 • 6min
26
How Did You Respond to Hacker News?
01:23:37 • 2min
27
How to Survive Asiman in Two Thousand Seven
01:25:37 • 5min
28
You're Nearly Ye at Superad Hombenem Right?
01:30:21 • 4min
29
Do You Work More Hours?
01:34:42 • 3min
30
The First Coaching Experience
01:37:40 • 5min
31
The Tennis Ball, a Circle and the Number 30 Thousand
01:42:42 • 6min
32
How to Write a Successful Screenplay
01:48:34 • 2min
33
Five Bullet Fridays - A Short Email for Me Every Friday
01:50:17 • 5min