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Box.net Overview
After starting as a college business project in 2005, Box.net was officially launched in March of 2006 with the vision of connecting people, devices and networks. Box.net provides over 900,000 users with secure online file storage and sharing functionality. They say their platform “allows personal and commercial content to be accessible, sharable, and storable in any format from anywhere.”
Key People
Management
- Aaron Levie, CEO
- Dylan Smith, CFO
- Sam Ghods, Director of Engineering
- Karen Appleton, VP Business Development
- Jay Queisser, Director of Operations
- Aaron Dunn, Director of Product Marketing
- Michele Wyman, Director of Public Relations
- Alex Scialom, Director of Strategic Marketing
- Chad Heinrich, VP Online Marketing
- Josh Bigelow, software development
- Vasily Kilin, lead developer
- Pavel Sergeev, Internet Software Development
Board of Directors
Funding
| Date | Type | Capital Amount | Post-Money Valuation | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/2006 | Series A | 1.5M | Unknown | |
| 01/2008 | Series B | 6M | Unknown |
Products
| Name: | Box.net |
| Product URL: | http://www.box.net/ |
| Date Launched: | 03/2006 |
| Description: | The three main uses of Box.net are to backup, share and access files from anywhere. |
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User Opinions
Bulls vs. Bears (6)
| Bullish Opinions (5) | Author/Date | Do you agree? | |
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glad they have WebDAV access |
robalexander 08/16/2008 |
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100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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great exposure with their offices sitting right off Stanford campus |
mngofasho 07/24/2008 |
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100% 3 votes 3 0% 0 |
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Extremely easy, intuitive to use. They are 1) doing something that people want and 2) doing it well. |
soham 04/24/2008 |
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100% 4 votes 4 0% 0 |
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Box.net offers API which allows for partnership deals like the one with ShoZu |
chuck 04/04/2008 |
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100% 4 votes 4 0% 0 |
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Box Widgets, collaboration, and OpenBox efforts give them an edge. |
jydesign 02/25/2008 |
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100% 5 votes 5 0% 0 |
| Bearish Opinions (1) | Author/Date | Do you agree? | |
|---|---|---|---|
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There are a lot of competitors in the online storage space |
yoda 06/02/2008 |
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33% 3 votes 1 67% 2 |
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