How can I scale during a downturn? Should my company be a pirate or the navy? Reid Hoffman answers questions from early-stage entrepreneurs all over the world, like: How do you gain trust? How do you build a company culture? Co-hosted with Jason Feifer, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur magazine and "Problem Solvers." Featuring eight entrepreneurs from the global network Entrepreneur First. Jason Feifer is the editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of the podcasts “Problem Solvers,” “Pessimists' Archive,” and "Hush Money." He’s the co-author of Mr. Nice Guy. Check him out at @HeyFeifer. Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When Drew Houston founded Dropbox, he knew he faced some fierce competition (hello, Google, Apple and Microsoft). But he didn’t back down. Why? Because he believed in his product, and he knew he had an advantage those big, cumbersome competitors could never exploit: Dropbox was lean, focused and fast. Hear how he outmaneuvered the big dogs – and what's next for Dropbox. Drew Houston's reading list! Books mentioned in this episode: Competing Against Luck, by Clay Christensen and Karen Dillon The Effective Executive, by Peter Drucker The Hard Thing About Hard Things, by Ben Horowitz Becoming Steve Jobs, by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire, by James Wallace and Jim Erickson Founders at Work, by Jessica Livingston High Output Management, by Andy Grove Music: "Exciting Trailer" by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Read a transcript of this interview at: https://mastersofscale.com/drew-houston-how-to-take-on-goliaths-and-win/ Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.