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Dropbox founder Drew Houston has built one of the most successful e-commerce businesses of all time, and he did so after rejecting an offer from Steve Jobs for Apple to buy the company in 2011

You are no doubt aware of Dropbox and are probably one of the 500 million global users who share files via the app or website. The service has only just celebrated its 10th birthday, and while other cloud storage services have since come to market — including Apple’s iCloud — the company continues to thrive in an ever more competitive marketplace.

One of the standout features of the company is its ability to stay lean and not divert from what made it successful in the first place. Dropbox has always prided itself on making sure its service operates on any device and operating system. It was also one of the first companies to successfully solve the ‘freemium’ riddle.

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