>>Sometimes they create a small success, and sometimes they create these companies that really transform the world, and YC has been very fortunate to be involved in a lot of these, Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, the list goes on.
I mean... really? OK, I'll grant you Airbnb, but Dropbox "transformed" the world?
Now I store my entire home directory, all of my financial & legal documents, and quite a few other things (some in Dropbox some elsewhere). I dunno if that's transforming the world or not but it's made a pretty big difference to me personally.
Are you encrypting these documents client side?
Interesting how much difference 4 years makes.
I don't even know what it is.
* Helped people trust the "cloud" and inspired other cloud services to do similar things
* This might have help improve the foundation for remote workers to become more common.