Managed profile Not claimed by Drew Houston

Drew Houston has not joined FLAPSS and has not endorsed it. This page is a reference record assembled from published interviews and public remarks. Every answer below is a direct quotation with the source and date shown next to it.

Is this you, or is something wrong?

Photo credit

Drew Houston

Co-founder and chief executive of Dropbox

United States · b. 1983

Technology

About

Co-founded the file-hosting company Dropbox in 2007 with Arash Ferdowsi and has led it as chief executive since. Graduated from MIT in 2005 in computer science.

reference

3 answers

Question How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favourite failure? Failure & regret read 76 other answers →
No one has a 5.0 in real life. In fact, when you finish school, the whole notion of a GPA just goes away. When you're in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if you're not swerving around and hitting the guard rails every now and then, you're not going fast enough. Your biggest risk isn't failing, it's getting too comfortable.
Recorded MIT 147th Commencement, MIT News (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 7 June 2013 source ↗

Every quotation above is reproduced from the source shown beside it and has not been edited. Drew Houston did not write these answers for FLAPSS. Request a correction or removal.