Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2011

Drew Houston, CEO and Founder of Dropbox applied Eric Ries’s Lean Startup concepts and started iterating their product much faster in order to test what customers really wanted, early and often. One of my favorite case studies in the book involves a tool I use everyday – Dropbox.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

My partners at Greylock and I have invested in a number of young founding CEOs who match this pattern and are doing a fantastic job leading their companies through hypergrowth, such as Brian Chesky of AirBnB and Drew Houston of Dropbox. James Slavet, a partner at Greylock, introduced me to Jeff Weiner.

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

One of the first early coworking spaces (although the term “coworking” wasn’t used yet) was called 116 West Houston in New York City. In 2007 the word “coworking” got its own Wikipedia page and started to trend on Google, and the rest is history! - If you put up walls, there’s no point. Why are people in the same space?”

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

One of the main reasons why my partners and I started TopFire Media is to fill a void within the franchise arena. Jessica Houston Enterprises is a women’s empowerment business that provides personal and professional development training. Thanks to Dr. Jessica Houston, Jessica Houston Enterprises ! 4) Fill a void.

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