Aaron Levie's path to building a $2 billion publicly-traded, software company all started with a thumb-drive--or, to be more specific, has hatred of thumb-drives. On the good side of being a public tech company:We have to deal with all the volatility that you do in a public market. On the challenges of being a public the company:Here’s the struggle of any public company-- at any given time we are making tradeoffs between near-term financial performance of the business versus long term strategy. Other FORBES stories on Aaron Levie and Box Inc. The New Numbers In Box's Earnings That CEO Aaron Levie Says Will Cause A "Breakthrough"Aaron Levie's Double Life: Box CEO And Tech's Court JesterBox CEO Aaron Levie's Advice For Snap On Eve Of IPO: "Be Predictable"

Source: Forbes April 11, 2017 17:37 UTC