Within 24-hours Dropbox “had 75,000 people signup for the wait-list.” They were expecting 15,000, tops. In that second video, Houston says his team layered “easter eggs… aimed at the Digg audience” into the otherwise mainstream presentation. Milestone two occurred a year later when Dropbox released a separate video on Digg during its private beta launch. Houston says there “were a couple of important inflection points.” The first occurred after Dropbox released a demo video that captured Y Combinator’s attention and helped Dropbox secure an invitation to join the exclusive startup program. ![]() With $257.2 million in funding and a $4-billion valuation it’s poised to triple an already impressive user base of 45-millon. So when did Houston know he was sitting on something pretty? Erick Schonfeld finds out in episode III of Drew Houston’s Founder Stories interview. Dropbox co-founder Drew Houston has one of the hottest startups in the game.
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