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  • 17 Mar 2014
  • News

Dropbox VP Explores Potential Indian Parters

Keywords: Dropbox; telecom; deveping markets; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Telecommunications; Information
  • November 2013 (Revised November 2014)
  • Case

Freemium Pricing at Dropbox

By: Thales Teixeira and Elizabeth Anne Watkins
Online storage company Dropbox provided remote-storage over the internet of any type of computer file, along with file sharing, synchronization and backup. Using a freemium pricing strategy whereby a basic service was free-of-charge and a premium service was paid,... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Price; Internet; Information Technology Industry
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  • 08 Jun 2022
  • Podcast

Dropbox founder Drew Houston on streamlining the digital workspace

Is work-life balance possible when you’re always connected? The pandemic has forced advances in the digital underpinnings of remote and hybrid work. Dropbox has added apps and organizational advice to its ubiquitous cloud storage. Founder and CEO Drew Houston on the... View Details
  • 23 Mar 2018
  • News

Dropbox shares surge in biggest tech debut since Snap

  • 28 Sep 2021
  • News

Dropbox Billionaire Predicts 40-Hour Workweek Will Become a ‘Thing of the Past’

    Paige Tsai

    Paige Tsai is a doctoral candidate in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Paige received an A.B. in Psychology from Princeton University. Thereafter, she held positions on the communications & public policy teams at Dropbox and... View Details
    • January 2011 (Revised October 2014)
    • Case

    Dropbox: 'It Just Works'

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Michael Pao and Lauren Barley
    Dropbox is a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup, founded in 2006, that provides online storage and backup services to millions of customers using a "freemium" (free + premium offers) business model. The case recounts Dropbox's history from conception through... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Distribution; Product Design; Product Development; Internet; Service Industry; California
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    • 04 Feb 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: February 4

    http://hbr.org/product/southwire-and-12-for-life-scaling-up-a/an/714434-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-053 Freemium Pricing at Dropbox Online storage company Dropbox provided remote storage over... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
    • May 2014
    • Article

    Making 'Freemium' Work: Many Start-ups Fail to Recognize the Challenges of This Popular Business Model

    By: Vineet Kumar
    The article discusses the "freemium" business model, which is used by some Internet businesses and smartphone application developers to give users free basic features of a digital product and access to premium functionality for a subscription fee. The discussion topics... View Details
    Keywords: Freemium; Startups; Product Design; Business Model; Marketing; Business Startups
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    • Web

    Research - Managing the Future of Work

    Future of Work Reshma Saujani on recoding work for gender equity Joe Fuller 08 Jun 2022 Podcast Managing the Future of Work Dropbox founder Drew Houston on streamlining the digital workspace Bill Kerr 03 Jun 2022 News Built In Tech and... View Details
    • 08 Mar 2021
    • In Practice

    COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

    A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • Web

    Rclone - Research Computing Services

    ondedive or sharepoint at the prompt Choose the drive you wish to use at the prompt Respond to subsequent prompts, accepting defaults unless you wish to change them At the main menu choose q to quit the rclone configuration utility View Details
    • 11 Apr 2011
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy

    course, Eisenmann teaches cases on cloud storage company Dropbox and the social search service Aardvark. Both firms' founders were early practitioners of the lean startup method. The Dropbox team initially... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Computer
    • Web

    Transferring Data - Research Computing Services

    https://inside.hbs.edu/Departments/it/howto/OneDrive/Pages/OneDrive-for-Business.aspx DropBox Security Level Allowed: Level 2 DropBox provides easy access across devices and team members and is free for up... View Details
    • Web

    Using Cloud Storage & Services at HBS | Information Technology

    any sensitive data, please remember: Any computer that you are connecting to your Dropbox or OneDrive folders must be protected. (See Using Personal Devices at HBS for more info) Do not share sensitive data by generating a generic link... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2018
    • News

    @Soldiers Field

    SHOW TIME SPOTLIGHT In March, the HBS community welcomed Icarus coproducer David Fialkow to the Chao Center for a conversation with Dean Nitin Nohria and Senior Lecturer Henry McGee on the 2018 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature and the Olympic doping... View Details
    • 11 Apr 2014
    • Blog Post

    HBS in San Francisco: Get a Recap on West Coast Recruiting

    start-ups, including Pinterest, Cointent, Dropbox and Boomtrain, the mixer was full of energy and engaging discussions. Tuesday began with a Venture Capital breakfast hosted by Kristen Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of the HBS CPD office,... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology
    • Web

    A-Z List of Tools | Information Technology

    Simulations D Dropbox Duo (two-step verification) E EMS/Room Reservation System Endnote G Generative AI Tools at HBS H HarvardKey HBS Poll HUBS (Harvard University Budgeting System) HUIT ServiceNow Hybrid Launch Tool I Ivanti Secure... View Details
    • Web

    Doctoral Students | Information Technology

    and technology products that support your research. Case Template Library Resources Polling Research Computing Services Research Information System (RIS), VPN access may be required Collaboration Tools to help keep the HBS community connected. View Details
    • Web

    Protecting Data at HBS | Information Technology

    Slack or Discord accounts Personal Dropbox, Google, OneDrive or other cloud accounts Up to Level 2 HBS Email Accounts Up to Level 3. HBS Slack HBS Zoom : follow required privacy settings , no L4 recordings Harvard Dropbox or Harvard... View Details