Case Study Box Inc
Box Inc. is a business that was founded in 2005 that specifically targeted the market of file sharing within the business world. Box Inc. is a cloud-based service that offers free personal memberships or paid premium personal/business memberships with unlimited gigabytes of storage for a given company. The interesting facts about the company’s background were that it was founded by some college dropouts who ended up making millions of dollars for this leap of faith. Sound familiar? The case study of Box Inc will focus its attention mainly on the culture of how Box Inc. operates and how its founders have been instrumental throughout this process. Box Inc. Case Study Box founders Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith have been friends for quite a while
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First off, the founders made it a point to hire the best people possible, with some having better resumes’ to surround themselves with. Hiring people that were like-minded in the sense of motivation and independently smart. The idea behind this was to have collaborative discussions amongst the ranks to generate ideas as a democracy so to speak. Having open minds and allowing subordinates to have a say in how the company operates is different yet very innovative and successful. The values of Box Inc. were to “think big; trust and therefore collaborate; act quickly and learn from it; have fun while doing it” (Bygrave, Zacharakas, Corbett, 2017). The culture at Box Inc. seemed family oriented as well because the founders would offer all hands on lunches on Fridays, personalizing responses when issues came up, and seeking teachable opportunities every …show more content…
reflects the four founders in the Silicon Valley because they are all very hard working individuals, fast acting, personally accountable, egalitarian and collaborative with its own special characteristics (Bygrave, Zacharakas, Corbett, 2017). Not to mention three of the four founders are still in their 20’s age wise, which is remarkable and similar to Silicon Valley startup entrepreneurs abroad. The Silicon Valley is the host to many IT companies like, Apple, Cisco, Google and Hp to name a few. More than 60 percent of the college graduates working in science and engineering fields in Silicon Valley were born outside of the United States. This diversity has led to a remarkable cross-pollination of ideas (California Dreaming,
First off, the founders made it a point to hire the best people possible, with some having better resumes’ to surround themselves with. Hiring people that were like-minded in the sense of motivation and independently smart. The idea behind this was to have collaborative discussions amongst the ranks to generate ideas as a democracy so to speak. Having open minds and allowing subordinates to have a say in how the company operates is different yet very innovative and successful. The values of Box Inc. were to “think big; trust and therefore collaborate; act quickly and learn from it; have fun while doing it” (Bygrave, Zacharakas, Corbett, 2017). The culture at Box Inc. seemed family oriented as well because the founders would offer all hands on lunches on Fridays, personalizing responses when issues came up, and seeking teachable opportunities every …show more content…
reflects the four founders in the Silicon Valley because they are all very hard working individuals, fast acting, personally accountable, egalitarian and collaborative with its own special characteristics (Bygrave, Zacharakas, Corbett, 2017). Not to mention three of the four founders are still in their 20’s age wise, which is remarkable and similar to Silicon Valley startup entrepreneurs abroad. The Silicon Valley is the host to many IT companies like, Apple, Cisco, Google and Hp to name a few. More than 60 percent of the college graduates working in science and engineering fields in Silicon Valley were born outside of the United States. This diversity has led to a remarkable cross-pollination of ideas (California Dreaming,