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Betting on the Cloud Before it was Cool: The Rise of Box w/ Aaron Levie
With an insatiable appetite for “what’s the new model,” Aaron Levie, Co-founder and CEO of Box, grew up chasing ideas without hesitation: performing magic at birthday parties, building websites, and making short films.
In this episode of HD in HD, he shares how a curious mind from early ages became his greatest strength, and how staying slightly uncomfortable kept him ahead of the biggest tech shifts, from SaaS to AI.
Today, Box powers content for 100k+ organizations and 68% of the Fortune 500, and is still driven by the same restless energy Aaron had as a teenager, always chasing what’s next.
In this episode, we also get into:
00:00 Intro
00:57 Brex Sponsorship
01:44 Aaron Levy's Early Years
02:24 High School
13:04 College
17:29 The Early Days of Box
23:17 Technological Shifts and Challenges
29:39 Navigating Competition
30:00 Enterprise Differentiation
32:24 Brex Sponsorship
33:12 AI’s Impact on Software and Work
44:51 AI's Role in Enterprise Knowledge Management
48:07 Future of Organizational Design
55:50 AI's Influence on Sales and Marketing
01:03:50 Reflections on Luck, Strategy, and Mistakes
ABOUT US:
We’re proudly sponsored by Brex—a brand I co-founded, now supporting over 30,000 businesses like Anthropic, DoorDash, and Scale AI, helping them make every dollar count.
I’m grateful for their continued support as I bring you all conversations with some of the most exceptional founders of our generation. For more information, please go to: https://www.brex.com/?ref_code=bmk_audio_HDinHD
Connect with us here:
1. Aaron Levie- https://www.linkedin.com/in/boxaaron/
2. Brex- https://x.com/brexHQ
3. Henrique Dubugras- https://x.com/hdubugras
This episode was produced and distributed by our friends at Atomik Growth: https://atomikgrowth.com/
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By Henrique DubugrasWith an insatiable appetite for “what’s the new model,” Aaron Levie, Co-founder and CEO of Box, grew up chasing ideas without hesitation: performing magic at birthday parties, building websites, and making short films.
In this episode of HD in HD, he shares how a curious mind from early ages became his greatest strength, and how staying slightly uncomfortable kept him ahead of the biggest tech shifts, from SaaS to AI.
Today, Box powers content for 100k+ organizations and 68% of the Fortune 500, and is still driven by the same restless energy Aaron had as a teenager, always chasing what’s next.
In this episode, we also get into:
00:00 Intro
00:57 Brex Sponsorship
01:44 Aaron Levy's Early Years
02:24 High School
13:04 College
17:29 The Early Days of Box
23:17 Technological Shifts and Challenges
29:39 Navigating Competition
30:00 Enterprise Differentiation
32:24 Brex Sponsorship
33:12 AI’s Impact on Software and Work
44:51 AI's Role in Enterprise Knowledge Management
48:07 Future of Organizational Design
55:50 AI's Influence on Sales and Marketing
01:03:50 Reflections on Luck, Strategy, and Mistakes
ABOUT US:
We’re proudly sponsored by Brex—a brand I co-founded, now supporting over 30,000 businesses like Anthropic, DoorDash, and Scale AI, helping them make every dollar count.
I’m grateful for their continued support as I bring you all conversations with some of the most exceptional founders of our generation. For more information, please go to: https://www.brex.com/?ref_code=bmk_audio_HDinHD
Connect with us here:
1. Aaron Levie- https://www.linkedin.com/in/boxaaron/
2. Brex- https://x.com/brexHQ
3. Henrique Dubugras- https://x.com/hdubugras
This episode was produced and distributed by our friends at Atomik Growth: https://atomikgrowth.com/