#1Dropbox Moving the world's files http://www.getdropbox.com#2Storage is a mess Dropbox www.getdropbox.com and sand#3It's 2007, and it's still a pain to... Work on multiple computers • Share files across a team Put photos, video onto the web Protect files from loss Dropbox www.getdropbox.com#4What are people doing now? Email attachments • USB drives Browser uploads Piecemeal solutions Dropbox www.getdropbox.com#5In a perfect world... • Your files available wherever you are, on any device Never worry about losing data, can always undo Sharing, putting media onto the web is drag-and-drop **Dropbox www.getdropbox.com#6Dropbox • Keeps files: • In sync across computers Backed up • Accessible from anywhere Easy to share It just works Dropbox www.getdropbox.com#7Dropbox kako smpara Teadit the when | Parking | Mam P 7711 with 71 LINE B GAL MANAGER Jane FUR www Gamba Moveis Tra Delica Mike Mat Ce of Caringspor Caycan Cover La An THANH MENAR KOLEGLE ******** y a de De Tapanil jesmiana pill Pion Dropbox Demo www.getdropbox.com#8Why now? • Lots of devices, bigger files, more content • Increasingly distributed/remote teams • Falling bandwidth, storage prices • Online storage is unclaimed, unmonetized territory, much like search pre-Google Dropbox www.getdropbox.com#9Why better? • Solves the entire genre of storage- related problems with one app • Deep OS integration, visual feedback • Doesn't make you change the way you work ● Open APIs to link desktop & web applications Dropbox www.getdropbox.com#10Sync Backup Sharing OS integration Web access Competitors Versioning Dropbox Dropbox www.getdropbox.com Carbonite, Mozy X X x X Foldershare X box.net x X X X#11What did they screw up? • Only tackle small pieces of the problem • Poor technical execution • Clumsy, verbose & technical Uls; require configuration Lack of distribution, partners Dropbox www.getdropbox.com#12Technical advantages Client & server written in Python: 5- 10x faster development time • Leverage Amazon S3, EC2 to achieve scale & reliability • Obsession with performance • Seamless compression, encryption, binary diffing, failure recovery www.getdropbox.com#13• Drew Houston - CEO S.B. 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MIT EECS (on leave); director of MIT programming competition; prior exp at Google Dropbox www.getdropbox.com Google bacarica Moving into our first office, 5/14/07#14Business model • Individuals: freemium •SMB: shared folder per-seat license (replaces backup, Windows file share, collaboration tools, reduces IT headcount) • Platform: broker all UGC from the desktop to the web shtop to the www.getdropbox.com#15Platform Onramp for all UGC from desktop → web • Convenient for users: drag and drop instead of sign-in and browser upload • Beneficial for web apps: more content uploaded, less friction & fewer failures ● Bigger picture: all files in Dropbox, delegate access to web apps Dropbox www.getdropbox.com#16Customer acquisition • Loved by early adopters/beta users (natural influencers) • Free accounts for individuals • Viral elements: file sharing, shared folders, photo/media galleries • Platform, partnerships free customer acquisition Dropbox www.getdropbox.com#17• Ranked #1 among summer YC startups: "...the simplicity and elegance of its interface, which blends seamlessly into both Windows and OS X, sets it apart." http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/16/the-y- combinator-list/ Dropbox www.getdropbox.com#18Max 25 slides If you have big text and images Restart! 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