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.

I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.

Entrepreneurship: 10% coach, 20% player, 30% cheerleader, 40% waterboy.

Execute like there's no tomorrow, strategize like there will be.

It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.

The 10% between 90% done to 100% done takes most of the time, causes most of the stress, but is all of the value.

I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that’s cliche, I don’t know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.