You intentionally start small, because you will not be able to compete with an incumbent... because the incumbent is always going to go for the full solution.

My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee.

It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.

Why we do what we do: that moment when you get to see the future on your computer screen before the rest of the world.

I interned at Miramax and subsequently at Paramount because I was really curious about the future of entertainment - how were we going to get films online? While the inspiration for Box didn't come from that experience directly, it was very obvious that bigger businesses had a lot of slow processes and cumbersome technology.

My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.

Innovation is hard because solving problems people didn't know they had & building something no one needs look identical at first.