Aaron Levie, CEO and Co-Founder of Box

Episode Overview

Among other topics, Aaron discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

• Themes and strategic products to be unveiled at BoxWorks, the company’s trademark user conference to be held next week
• How Box develops nimble, industry specific teams by attracting and managing top talent in the IT world
• Box’s strength in building strong internal teams and fostering robust external relationships with other IT firms
• Box’s unique business model of delivering enterprise solutions through a consumer IT approach
• Eye on trends:  Yesterday’s competitors are becoming today’s partners in IT. As consumers and enterprises demand more flexibility, connectivity, and functionality, often from the same device, different solutions providers have to collaborate

Aaron Levie’s Biography

Aaron is the CEO and co-founder of Box, a leader in online file sharing and cloud content management for individuals and enterprises alike. Aaron created Box (originally called Box.net) as a college business project with the goal of helping people easily access their information from any location. Box was launched from Aaron’s dorm room in 2005 with the help of the current CFO of the company Dylan Smith. Aaron is the visionary behind Box’s product and platform strategy, which is focused on incorporating the best of traditional content management with the most effective elements of social business software.

Aaron studied business at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California before taking a leave of absence, which is likely to be a permanent one, he has acknowledged.

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