Box

Box is a platform that helps companies expertly manage and secure content within the cloud. Box helps make accessing, sharing, and managing content a straightforward and less complicated process by providing solutions to the information-based problems shared by a range of businesses and companies, regardless of size or industry. The platform assists businesses in a number of different sectors such as marketing, sales, human resources, finance, IT, and app development. Within these industries, Box, which was founded by Dylan Smith and CEO Aaron Levie, makes it easier to view and share different types of files on any device, communicate with coworkers in different departments, manage finances with auditors and investors, and track down and secure specific employee information.

In 2018, the company introduced Box Drive, which lets users stream files stored in Box to their desktops, and Box Skills, which applies such artificial intelligence components as computer vision and sentiment analysis to content stored in Box. Box Skills Kit lets developers create custom skills for Box. The company works with the major cloud platforms and technologies to help its customers get better insight into its Box content.

Since its inception in 2005, the company has signed up more than 87,000 businesses.

Lists

2019: Enterprise

2018: Enterprise

2016: Top 50, Enterprise Software

2014: Top 50, Productivity

Data

valuation: $1.6 billion

public or private: Public

profitable: No

revenue: $200-300 million

staff: 1,400

users: 50,000 clients; 40 million users; 300,000 users within GE alone

headquarters: Redwood City, CA

Competition: Google, Microsoft, Dropbox

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Stories about Box

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Why these CEOs think transparency is crucial for workplace success

Leaders at Box, Front, and Buffer share how transparency leads to speed and efficiency.

Innovation By Design

How Microsoft fixed the worst thing about product packaging

A new package designed for people with disabilities looks like a joy for anyone to open.

News

Dropbox IPO: Maybe there’s an upside to being the “Netflix of online storage”

Tech

The Go-To Fix For Open Offices Is A Nightmare, Too

Welcome to your pod, employee.

Tech

Aaron Levie Wants Box To Do Way More Than Just Store Your Files

The Box CEO says the billions of documents, photos, and videos stored on its cloud are ripe for a new set of machine learning apps by Google, IBM, and Microsoft.

Tech

Box Wins Big In Its First Day Of Trading

After an IPO that raised $175 million, Box shares shot up by more than 70% in the first day of trading. Take that, Microsoft.

Most Creative People

Gaming Your Way To Better Problem-Solving At Work

Puzzle nerd Heidi Williams of Box shares her favorite tools (all of them fun) for keeping her skills sharp.

Most Creative People

How To Know If Your Dumb Idea Will Change The World

Box SVP Sam Schillace shares how he quickly and cheaply experimented on an app no one wanted–that became the basis for Google Docs.

Tech

GoPro Files Documents For A Secret IPO

Tech

How Dropbox Spawned A Cottage Security Industry

Dropbox For Business recently launched, offering enhanced security features… but a host of third-party providers beat them to the punch.

Tech

Box Wants To Be Your Doctor’s Cloud Service

Work Life

Your Business Isn’t About You–It’s About Your Customer

Tech

Box Launches $Rev To Pay Developers Based On How Many People Are Using Their Apps

Work Life

Box’s Aaron Levie On The Wisdom Of Swimming Upstream

Chasing hot entrepreneurial trends can all too often end in failure. Box CEO Aaron Levie explains the value (and profit motive) to unconventional thinking about business strategy.

Tech

UberConference Gives Its Conference Call Service A Lift With Evernote, Box Integrations

Work Life

Box Founder Aaron Levie On The Fears And Realities Of Our Chaotic Times

The Innovators Dilemma argues that we should disrupt ourselves before we get disrupted. But what happens when that’s not enough? The wiry, 27-year-old founder of a $1.2 billion business has ideas.

Fast Company Magazine

The Secrets Of Generation Flux

How brilliantly managed chaos sparks success inside Nike, Box, Cisco, Foursquare, Intuit, and more.

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Dylan Smith Reveals The Strategic Shift That Made Box A Cloud Storage Hit

Tech

Should Microsoft, Apple, And Google Give Users More Cloud Choices?

The companies are using their platforms to push their own cloud services instead of, say, Dropbox or Box. Is this anticompetitive? The lead lawyer in the Microsoft antitrust suit and Box’s Aaron Levie sound off.

Tech

Box

Stories about Box

Why these CEOs think transparency is crucial for workplace success

Leaders at Box, Front, and Buffer share how transparency leads to speed and efficiency.

How Microsoft fixed the worst thing about product packaging

A new package designed for people with disabilities looks like a joy for anyone to open.

Dropbox IPO: Maybe there’s an upside to being the “Netflix of online storage”

The Go-To Fix For Open Offices Is A Nightmare, Too

Welcome to your pod, employee.

Aaron Levie Wants Box To Do Way More Than Just Store Your Files

The Box CEO says the billions of documents, photos, and videos stored on its cloud are ripe for a new set of machine learning apps by Google, IBM, and Microsoft.

Box Wins Big In Its First Day Of Trading

After an IPO that raised $175 million, Box shares shot up by more than 70% in the first day of trading. Take that, Microsoft.

Gaming Your Way To Better Problem-Solving At Work

Puzzle nerd Heidi Williams of Box shares her favorite tools (all of them fun) for keeping her skills sharp.

How To Know If Your Dumb Idea Will Change The World

Box SVP Sam Schillace shares how he quickly and cheaply experimented on an app no one wanted–that became the basis for Google Docs.

GoPro Files Documents For A Secret IPO

How Dropbox Spawned A Cottage Security Industry

Dropbox For Business recently launched, offering enhanced security features… but a host of third-party providers beat them to the punch.

Box Wants To Be Your Doctor’s Cloud Service

Your Business Isn’t About You–It’s About Your Customer

Box Launches $Rev To Pay Developers Based On How Many People Are Using Their Apps

Box’s Aaron Levie On The Wisdom Of Swimming Upstream

Chasing hot entrepreneurial trends can all too often end in failure. Box CEO Aaron Levie explains the value (and profit motive) to unconventional thinking about business strategy.

UberConference Gives Its Conference Call Service A Lift With Evernote, Box Integrations

Box Founder Aaron Levie On The Fears And Realities Of Our Chaotic Times

The Innovators Dilemma argues that we should disrupt ourselves before we get disrupted. But what happens when that’s not enough? The wiry, 27-year-old founder of a $1.2 billion business has ideas.

The Secrets Of Generation Flux

How brilliantly managed chaos sparks success inside Nike, Box, Cisco, Foursquare, Intuit, and more.

Dylan Smith Reveals The Strategic Shift That Made Box A Cloud Storage Hit

Should Microsoft, Apple, And Google Give Users More Cloud Choices?

The companies are using their platforms to push their own cloud services instead of, say, Dropbox or Box. Is this anticompetitive? The lead lawyer in the Microsoft antitrust suit and Box’s Aaron Levie sound off.

Amazon Launches Glacier, A Cheap, Cloud-based Data Deep Freeze

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