Acquired is live on the scene following Dropbox’s public market debut. From playing a central role in the early days of Y Combinator, to having Steve Jobs famously label the company a “feature not a product”, to pivoting from consumers to enterprise to developers and back again, the silicon valley history runs deep with this one. What twists and turns lie ahead for Dropbox as a public company? We speculate!Sponsors:<ul><li>WorkOS: <a href="https://bit.ly/workos25">https://bit.ly/workos25</a></li><li>Intapp: <a href="https://bit.ly/intappceleste">https://bit.ly/intappceleste</a></li><li>Sentry: <a href="https://bit.ly/acquiredsentry">https://bit.ly/acquiredsentry</a></li><li>Anthropic: <a href="https://bit.ly/acquiredclaude25">https://bit.ly/acquiredclaude25</a></li></ul> More Acquired!<ul><li><a href="https://www.acquired.fm/email">Get email updates</a> with hints on next episode and follow-ups from recent episodes</li><li><a href="http://acquired.fm/slack">Join the Slack</a></li><li><a href="https://pod.link/acquiredlp">Subscribe to ACQ2</a></li><li><a href="https://www.acquired.fm/store">Merch Store</a>!</li></ul>© Copyright 2015-2026 ACQ, LLC Links:<ul><li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-y-combinator-application-from-2007-by-drew-houston-2013-9"> Dropbox’s Y Combinator application</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QmCUDHpNzE&amp;feature=youtu.be">Original Dropbox demo video</a></li></ul>Carve Outs:<ul><li>Ben: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/microsoft-announces-the-next-step-in-gaming-graphics-directx-raytracing/"> Raytracing comes to DirectX</a></li><li>David: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR-IuEAJpWc&amp;feature=youtu.be">Lazy Game Reviews</a></li></ul>

Season 2, Episode 6: Spotify’s Direct Listing

Every company has a story.

Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.