The Journey of Dropbox

Dropbox is one of the most straightforward file-sharing tools to use. Once someone installs its applications, a Dropbox flooder appears on his or her computer. Unlike other file-sharing tools that are complicated, when using Dropbox, anything that the user drags into the follower is uploaded automatically to the Dropbox service. It is then replicated across all the connected computers and devices. This is among the many reasons why Drew Houston’s application, Dropbox, has increasingly become popular, making the company a leading Silicon Valley Corporation (Ries, 2011). However, there is a journey that the founder had to travel to get Dropbox where it is today.

For the product to function as intended, the founding team comprised of engineers. This was because Drew understood that the idea he had required a great deal of technical expertise to create. For instance, it needed integration with various computer platforms and operating systems. Such as Windows, Androids, and Macintosh, to name just but a few. Each of these implementations requires a deep level of technical knowledge to make sure that the final product is user-friendly (Ries, 2011). This would explain one of the most significant completive advantages of the product. It works seamlessly in most of the computer platforms and operating systems that the competitors struggle to emulate.

It is worth noting that during its first eight years, the product stored billions of files on behalf of over 500 million computer users. For a start-up company, Dropbox could not store all these files on its own. Like many online tech start-up companies, Dropbox ran its operation on the “Amazon Cloud” (Metz, 2016). This is a platform that is owned by Amazon, which is the largest online retailer, which allows businesses to build and operate software without settings their hardware. However, this is no longer the case because, over the last five years or so, the company built its computer network and shifted its services onto a new breed of machines developed by its engineers. The journey of Dropbox to become one of the largest cloud computing companies in the world can be attributed to the expertise involved in its creation, which led to the development of an efficient product that stood out amongst the competition. The founding team was not comprised of marketing experts, but they understood the need to ensure that their product delivers beyond the clients’ expectations.

What I know about Dropbox is like iCloud, Google Drive, and OneDrive. They are all storage services. For Dropbox, it divided into personal use and team use. It has many types of accounts, such as Dropbox basic, Dropbox Plus, Dropbox Professional, and Dropbox Business. The basic account is free and includes 2 GB of space. However, if you want to get more spaces on your account, you can spend money to buy the storage of your account. I think Dropbox used a freemium business model that means it gives the basic version of its product away at no cost in hopes users will upgrade to more feature-rich versions, for which it charges subscription fees.