{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"How Dropbox Beat Big Tech in the Cloud Wars","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1a0cf8fc\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5554,"description":"How do you win when your competitors are the biggest companies in the world?\n\nThis week on Grit, Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston retraces the path from a bus-stop prototype to competing head-on with Google, Apple, and Microsoft.\n\nHe explains why grit is “learning to run toward discomfort,” and the moments he realized founders keep going “for the love of the game.”\n\nGuest: Drew Houston, Co-Founder & CEO of Dropbox\n\nChapters:\n00:00 Trailer\n00:52 Introduction\n01:35 Towards full autonomy\n16:20 Coming back to school\n21:45 Golden ticket to California\n25:23 No one’s born a CEO\n28:15 Y Combinator and a co-founder\n37:53 The craft of being a great CEO\n53:41 Metabolizing the stress\n1:10:14 Tactical advices and frameworks\n1:27:48 Who Dropbox is hiring\n1:29:35 What “grit” means to Drew\n1:32:10 Outro\n\nLinks:\nConnect with Drew\nX\nLinkedIn\nConnect with Joubin\nX\nLinkedIn\nEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com\n\nLearn more about Kleiner Perkins","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}