INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
on the Disrupt stage in September.Dropbox launched back in 2007 and Houston has spent the last decade growing Dropbox to the behemoth it is
today.During that time, Houston has made some tough decisions.A few years ago, Houston decided to move the Dropbox infrastructure off of AWS
In 2014, Houston chose to raise $500 million in debt financing to keep up pace with Box, which was considering an IPO at the time
And in March 2017, Dropbox took another $600 million in debt financing from JP Morgan.Houston also reportedly turned down a nine-figure
acquisition offer from Apple.All the while, Houston led Dropbox to be cash-flow positive and grew the company to see a $1 billion revenue
story to a TechCrunch audience at TC50 in 2008 as part of the Startup Battlefield
discuss his journey thus far, the decision to go public and the future of Dropbox.The show runs from September 5 to September 7, and for the
next week, our super early-bird tickets are still available.
