{"id":18482,"date":"2012-04-08T10:54:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T14:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=18482"},"modified":"2012-04-08T10:54:39","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T14:54:39","slug":"sunday-fun-loving-dropbox-dont-you-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/08\/sunday-fun-loving-dropbox-dont-you-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Fun: Loving Dropbox – Don’t You? (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love this service. It makes life soooo much easier. If you have not tried it, you should…<\/p>\n

(www.dropbox.com)<\/p>\n

From WSJ:<\/p>\n

Dropbox Inc. followed the Internet start-up playbook to a tee last year.<\/em><\/p>\n

The online file-sharing company became a hot property in Silicon Valley and snagged a $250 million in venture capital at a $4 billion valuation. It even secured celebrity investments from U2’s Bono and his bandmate, The Edge.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now comes the hard part: Living up to the hype.<\/em><\/p>\n

At that valuation, five-year-old Dropbox is worth as much as companies with multi-billions in revenue, such as Cablevision Systems Corp. and Expedia Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n

Through little more than word-of-mouth the company has racked up more than 50 million customers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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