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Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application

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Re: Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application

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Post by JacobAldridge »

I think it's fair to assume that YC et al are looking for some or all of the elements demonstrated here - a feasible and practical idea, demonstrated skills, some thought out strategy / swot analysis.

For me, what makes this application as a sole founder stand out from the many other talented people who apply?

> How long have the founders known one another and how did you meet?

There's a joke in here somewhere.

Re: Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application

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Post by suhlash »

Dropbox is indispensable to me. It is my main sync method of my most important Keynote outliner file. I am impressed by their obvious technical mastery as well as their clear idea of how things could turn out and how they could find their niche.

Re: Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application

#13

Post by fuzzythinker »

kcy wrote: post #7

hmm... the last line kind of surprised me, even though I don't think I should be surprised. Do you think the Dropbox folks ever look at your filenames and/or open your files? I guess I similarly wonder if the Google Gmail folks ever read my emails. I'm not really worried about them doing it in some systemic evil fashion so much as some random developer or sysop just looking through things. Anyway, thanks for posting…

That doesn't have to be a file from the users. It can be a sample filename he sees his colleagues names; thus trying to solve the problem of versioning by filename by non SCM users.

Re: Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application

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Post by cperciva »

JacobAldridge wrote: post #11

I think it's fair to assume that YC et al are looking for some or all of the elements demonstrated here - a feasible and practical idea, demonstrated skills, some thought out strategy / swot analysis. For me, what makes this application as a sole founder stand out from the many other talented people who apply? > How long have the founders known one another and how did you meet? There's a joke in here somewhere.

> How long have the founders known one another and how did you meet?

There's a joke in here somewhere.

I'm curious about what other sole founders answered here. I believe I wrote "Does a man ever truly know himself?" once...

Re: Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application

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Post by bigwill »

kcy wrote: post #7

hmm... the last line kind of surprised me, even though I don't think I should be surprised. Do you think the Dropbox folks ever look at your filenames and/or open your files? I guess I similarly wonder if the Google Gmail folks ever read my emails. I'm not really worried about them doing it in some systemic evil fashion so much as some random developer or sysop just looking through things. Anyway, thanks for posting…

he's making a case for the product with this statement.

Re: Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application

#19

Post by shimon »

dannyr wrote: post #5

So he was a single founder at the time of his YC application. Did he end up finding a cofounder?

According to https://www.getdropbox.com/about , Arash Ferdowsi is a founder (and CTO). Looks like the entire dropbox team is 15 people.

One of the most remarkable things about this application is how accurately it predicted what Dropbox would be. The idea isn't hard to grasp, but its brilliant execution continues to distinguish dropbox as a surprisingly good product.

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