

They recorded a video challenging us to a duel. HOUSTON: Then Mozy, the backup company, gave us a call out on YouTube. HOFFMAN: With stats like that, Drew and his team were confident that they could out-rock anyone in Silicon Valley. We routinely found ourselves playing a song, the four of us, and we’d be like number seven globally for that song. HOUSTON: We were pretty competitive – as we were with a lot of things. In case you’re not familiar with “Rock Band”, it’s a video game that lets you play along to popular songs with virtual instruments. REID HOFFMAN: That’s Drew Houston, Dropbox co-founder and CEO.

But then during the day we couldn’t play the real instruments, so we would play “Rock Band.” To blow off steam at night we’ve always had a tradition of having musical instruments – so guitars and drums – in the office.

Chapter 1: Know exactly what your advantage isĭREW HOUSTON: We had a number of early traditions in the beginning years of Dropbox.
