Episode 1173

Box CEO Aaron Levie on the cloud storage market, Twitter jokes, Clubhouse vices & more | E1173

Feb 12, 20211:09:00Watch on YouTube

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Show notes:

0:00 Start

0:58 Jason intros Aaron Levie & they talk about Aaron's B2B sales strategy: Twitter jokes

4:28 Jason vs. coaching Clubhouse, Aaron's Clubhouse vice, Going public in 2015, in the middle of the "stay private longer" era

10:32 LinkedIn Marketing - Get $100 off your first advertising campaign at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups

12:09 Reaction to going public early, SPACs opening up the market, inventory issues with SPACs

17:50 ICO, blockchain jokes

20:59 OurCrowd - Sign up for a free account at https://www.ourcrowd.com/twist

22:30 Filecoin's concept, p2p file storing, Box's side project Whirl & Mark Cuban's advice against it

28:35 How the market for cloud storage developed over time, pivoting to enterprise, avoiding the "race to the bottom

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36:23 Mark Cuban funding / un-funding story, Aaron's founder traits, importance of being stubborn and right

44:23 Box's current offerings

56:56 Is Box undervalued? TAM expansion, public strategies, getting back into the office