SREinSF

Agree. Not sustainable long term. Often wondered if such reports were exaggerated as well.

> "Based on ... about 10,000 empirical scientific studies, the number of people who can survive on six hours of sleep or less without showing any impairment, rounded to a whole number ... is zero."

This statement made me think about reports of successful people wherein one supposed factor to their success was ability to "function" on less sleep (Marissa Mayer 4 hours, Jon Gruden 4 hours, Tom Ford 3 hours)

> The streaming service also noted that it has “thought long and hard about how to handle content that is not hate content itself, but is principally made by artists or other creators who have demonstrated hateful conduct personally.”

So do platforms such as Netflix or Hulu have a responsibility to pull content created or backed by Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby? Do art museums pull pieces from artist who may have had reprehensible conduct?

Secondary markets. Both SharesPost and Nasdaq Private Market (Second Market Solutions was acquired by Nasdaq) offer this service. Pre IPO, FB shares were floating around secondary markets. Note investors are usually looking for household name unicorns on these markets.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203833004577249...

- Raising additional money can extend the runway before having to go public. Back in 2016 CEO Butterfield said minimum year and a half before considering going public https://www.geekwire.com/2016/slack-ceo-going-public-window-...

More recently (Mar '17) he expressed "I've said publicly before that we are trying to run the company so that we're ready to go public, not because we are going to necessarily." https://www.axios.com/slack-ceo-stewart-butterfield-23186588...

So if the VC money is there for the taking, why not?

- Additional capital will add to the war chest to fend of competitors such as Microsoft Teams, HipChat and Google Hangouts Chat. With the deep pockets of Microsoft and Google, more cash can aid in innovation, R&D, marketing, etc.

- This goes way beyond the supply chain leaks that power Ming-Chi Kuo's analyst reports. Perhaps an Apple QA engineer or contractor? Disgruntled SWE? In any case leaker is in a world of hurt if Apple identifies him/her

- Wonder if 9 to 5 Mac and MacRumors get limited access from Apple now that they published these leaks. I'd say yes.

- "As best I've been able to ascertain, these builds were available to download by anyone, but they were obscured by long, unguessable URLs [web addresses]," wrote John Gruber, a blogger known for his coverage of Apple.

Microsoft OneDrive for Business is moving in that direction. Online collaboration of Office files, couple of clicks sharing and security controls that Enterprise IT departments love. I'd still say Dropbox is easier to use with a cleaner interface. However with so many Fortune 500 Enterprises already in bed with Microsoft, OneDrive for Business has a leg up.

We might get some solid clues when they file their S-1. However I'd venture to say international user growth both Consumer facing and Enterprise.

75% of Dropbox users are located outside the United States. They have invested heavily in expanding their PoPs and in Europe and Asia. https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/19/dropbox-announces-massive-...

The last few years Enterprise customers have been a major target.

https://www.recode.net/2014/3/20/11624780/dropbox-zeros-in-o...

https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/16/dropboxs-latest-announceme...

Again S-1 should provide a peek at the rate of adoption. Anecdotally I can share reports of wavering between consumer and enterprise focus.

Housecleaning indeed, though some departures were voluntary. 8 top level execs and two board members so far. Link contains a visual of who has left the building, 2 incoming execs and vacant C Suite spots. https://www.recode.net/2017/6/14/15794816/uber-charge-leader...

I'm surprised Thuan Pham (CTO) survived the carnage since he was mentioned in Susan Fowler's post. As an aside my dark horse candidates for CEO or COO are Thomas Staggs former Disney COO and Susan Wojcicki (Current YouTube CEO)

Generally she presents this at the annual Code conference. Link contains video presentation https://www.recode.net/2017/5/31/15693686/mary-meeker-kleine...