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Every book Drew Houston recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Drew Houston has recommended or discussed 5 books on podcasts, as of January 9, 2025.
- Drew Houston has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of January 9, 2025.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of January 9, 2025.
- The 3 books Drew Houston has mentioned in the most episodes, as of January 9, 2025: High Output Management, Playing to Win and The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Drew Houston aired on January 9, 2025.
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Drew Houston appeared on Lenny's Podcast to discuss the founding and growth of Dropbox. During the interview, he recommended A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin's Playing to Win, citing it as an influence on how Dropbox thinks about competition and markets. He also praised Andrew S. Grove's High Output Management, noting that it served as his introduction to management theory. Additionally, Drew recommended Geoffrey A. Moore's Zone to Win as a guide to the internal organizational changes companies face as they grow, and The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Diana Chapman, Jim Dethmer, and Kaley Klemp, noting that co-author Diana Chapman had been a personal coach and friend. Finally, he mentioned Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson as the inspiration for early viral marketing efforts at Dropbox when the company had no money.
Books Drew Houston recommended or discussed
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High Output Management
Recommended“and I've been a big fan of Andy's hopa management uh is a another great book of his which is my introduction to management Lisa theory of management so just love that book”
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Playing to Win
Recommended“and you know Commodities uh so this's a great book by AG Lafley and Roger Martin called playing to win Roger been on the podcast yeah Rogers I'm a huge fan of Rogers”
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The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
Recommended“um and there's a great book on that mindset stuff the 15 principles of conscious leadership Diana and some co-authors and she's she's been a coach and friend of mine she's amazing and has really helped me on that front”
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Zone to Win
Recommended“um so it's a great book Zone to win that talks about some of this what what needs to happen internally by Jeffrey Moore”
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Guerrilla Marketing
Discussed“and that was an idea I'd read from that was inspired by a book called guerilla marketing that I had read which is basically how to do marketing if you have no money”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Behind the founder: Drew Houston (Dropbox) | Lenny's Podcast | 2025-01-09 | 5 |