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I'm interested if Steve Jobs said that because he wanted to get Dropbox on the cheap, or because he really believed it. Perhaps both: the only way to know woul
by hitekker 11y ago
I'm interested if Steve Jobs said that because he wanted to get Dropbox on the cheap, or because he really believed it.
Perhaps both: the only way to know would be to compare Dropbox's valuation at the time with the offer present; if said offer was ever extended.
- w1ntermute 11y agoI think we'll see in the years/months ahead that Dropbox is indeed FNAC. It's only survived this long because the unit economics aren't that bad - the hardware costs are not anywhere near what O2O companies like Postmates or Instacart burn. But in the end, if they don't have any lock-in capabilities (such as collaboration features), the service won't be sticky in the face of price increases - the tech for seamless syncing across platforms is now table stakes.
- ArekDymalski 11y ago>they don't have any lock-in capabilities (such as collaboration features) paper.dropbox.com aims to be such a feature.
- w1ntermute 11y agoYes, but so far I haven't seen how it's sufficiently differentiated from Google Docs. There's a well-funded startup, Quip, in this space as well.
- x1798DE 11y agoWhat is FNAC, other than a French department store?
- w1ntermute 11y agohttp://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2011/08/22/fnac-feature-not-a-company/ http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2011/08/22/fnac-feature-n...