Reblogged from abovethecrowd.com:
Back in October, Techcrunch announced that Dropbox had raised $250mm at a seemingly absurd valuation. Many firms, including my firm Benchmark Capital, participated. When this happened, many people asked us why this was a special company that would cause us to break our standard investment paradigm. They didn't quite understand why this was a company that deserved once-in-a-generation special attention.
A great statement on the rise of a new company. Think about how such a simple idea has exploded.