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"It reminded me of when, in 2007, Drew Houston stormed onto the scene with his "GDrive killer," which was, of course, Dropbox." So wait, Drew Houston specifica
by rauljara 16y ago
"It reminded me of when, in 2007, Drew Houston stormed onto the scene with his "GDrive killer," which was, of course, Dropbox."
So wait, Drew Houston specifically made and positioned his product in response to perceived competition, and the moral of the blog post is "Focus on your product instead of looking over your shoulder at the competition." Does not follow. The moral I got out of it was that perceived stiff competition can drive you to make something really, really good, even if the competition never actually materializes.
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- SwellJoe 16y agoI don't recall Drew ever calling it a GDrive killer, in the couple conversations I had with him about Dropbox. And, GDrive was a hypothetical product at the time, and still mostly a hypothetical product today. I'm guessing they were probably considering the impact a Google competitor would have on their product, just like they probably considered the impact Apple, Microsoft, and others would have. But, I don't think they were designing based on what they thought the big guys would make.
- MediaBehavior 16y agoThe OP does not precisely attribute "GDrive killer" to Drew, but simply puts the expression in quotes (of someone's - or of public chatter?): >>Drew Houston stormed onto the scene with his "GDrive killer," which was, of course, Dropbox
- Shorel 16y agoThe concept is 'coo-petition'. Or at least that was the name of the book. Your competition actually invests in advertising and other stuff, that actually makes the pie a bigger pie. A big pie is a good industry. No competition can mean a vastly smaller pie. And you then take a piece of the cake, the bigger the piece, the better for you.