joining me now is aaron levie. >> what are the socks? >> cloud socks. >> you grew up in seattle. >> yes. >> what kind of kid were you? >> not too a typical of people -- not atypical of people in the tech industry. i spent far too long, far too much time on the internet. not a large volume of friends, and most of those that were my friends founded the company with me. we were growing up in the shadow of microsoft. >> did you idolize jeff bezos and the bill gates? >> everybody knew the bill gates story by heart. what's cool about microsoft is that you can actually go and be a product tester. a lot of people from high school would actually go to microsoft and test new products and they would give you a free mouse. >> you met your cofounders in middle school. tell me about that. >> the first cofounder of box, our chief financial officer, we actually played trumpet together in middle school. neither of us were good at that. throughout middle school and high school, i did a lot of stuff on the internet with jeff and later in high school. >> te

aaron levie is known for his colorful seekers, his magic tricks, and ironic tweets. but there is no underestimating his ambition to dominate the flight of business to the cloud. he started building websites when he was 13, and met the kids who would become his co-founders as far back as middle school. but, unlike places like facebook and twitter, where tales of early infighting are legend, all four of box's co-founders still work there a decade later. joining me today is box ceo and co-founder, aaron levie. >> how are you doing? >> how you doing? >> good, thank you. >> blue sneakers today, i appreciate that. what are the socks? >> cloud socks. official cloud socks for the enterprise software industry. >> you grew up in seattle. >> yes. >> what kind of kid were you? >> not too a typical of people in the tech industry. i spent far too long, far too much time, on the internet. not a large volume of friends. most of those that were my friends founded the company with me. we were growing up in the shadow of microsoft. >> did you idolize jeff bezos and bill gates? >> every

joining me now is aaron levie. >> what are the socks? >> clout socks. -- cloud socks. >> you grew up in seattle. what kind of kid were you? long, for too too much time on the internet. sort of large volume of friends. most of those that were my friends founded the company with me. we grew up in the shadow of microsoft >> you idolize jeff bezos and bill gates. >> everybody knew the bill gates story by heart. what's cool about microsoft is that you can actually go and be a product tester. a lot of people from high school would go to microsoft and test new products and they would give you a free mouse. >> tell me about that. the first cofounder of bucks. our chief financial officer. we actually played trumpet together in middle school. neither of us were good at that. i did a lot of stuff on the internet with justin and later in high school. >> tell me how box began. >> not a lot of innovation happening. it was really hard to do basic things like sharing files and accessing data from anywhere and have you collaborated work with other people

aaron levie is known for his colorful sneakers and ironic tweets. there is no underestimating his ambition to dominate business in the cloud. he started when he was 13 and met the kids who would become his cofounders as far back as middle school. unlike facebook and twitter, where tales of early infighting are legend, all four founders of box still work there a decade later. joining me now is aaron levie. >> what are the socks? >> cloud socks. >> you grew up in seattle. what kind of kid were you? >> i spent far too long, far too much time, on the internet. most of those that were my friends founded the company with me. we grew up in the shadow of microsoft. >> you idolize jeff bezos and bill gates. >> everybody knew the bill gates story by heart. what's cool about microsoft is that you can actually go and be a product tester. a lot of people from high school would go to microsoft and test new products and they would give you a free mouse. >> tell me about that. >> the first cofounder of box, our chief financial officer, we actually played trumpet to

and co-founder, aaron levie. >> how you doing? >> how you doing? >> good, thank you. >> blue sneakers today, i appreciate that. what are the socks? >> these are cloud socks. >> ok. >> official cloud socks. for the enterprise offer industry. software industry. >> i like it. you grew up in seattle. >> yes. >> what kind of kid were you? >> probably not atypical of, certainly, people that have -- are in the tech industry. so, i spent far too long, far too much time, on the internet. not, sort of, large volume of friends. most of those that were my friends i founded the company, i founded box with. we were growing up in the shadow of microsoft. >> did you idolize jeff bezos and bill gates? >> yeah, everybody knew the bill gates story kind of by heart. what's cool about microsoft is that you can actually go and they let you be a product tester. so a lot of people in high school would actually go to microsoft and test out new products and then they would give you like a free mouse at the end of it. >> ok, you met your co-founders in middle school. tell me

over the next many years. >> aaron levie, ceo of box.nk you very much. >> emily, thank you. >> great to have you. >> thank you. ♪ >> he is the provocateur behind some of the big ideas of our time. a creator of a sort of pop science. an unofficial, but incredibly influential set of laws that govern human behavior. between five new york times bestsellers and two decades at the new yorker, malcolm gladwell has inspired, inflamed, and perplexed the most critical of readers. joining me on "studio 1.0," author, journalist, and thought-provoker, malcolm gladwell. thank you so much for being here, it's really great to have you. in your latest book, "david and goliath," your argument is disadvantages can become advantag

four co-founders still work there together a decade later. 1.0, box on studio ceo and co-founder, aaron levy. doing? are you >> thank you. >> what are those? socks? >> cloud socks. cloud socks for the enterprise. >> i like it. >> you grew up in seattle. were you?of kid >> probably not atypical of sort of certainly people that have -- that are in the tech industry. so spent far too long. time on the internet, not sort of large volume of friends. and most of those that were my friends, founded box with. the shadowwing up in of microsoft. idolize jeff bazos and bill gates? >> everybody knew the bill gates by heart. of cool that microsoft you can go and they'll give you a product tester. of people in high school would go to microsoft and test give you a ucts and free mouse in the end of it. >> you met your co-founders in the middle school. that.me about >> sort of the first co-founder of box. officer.ancial we played trumpet together in middle school. good at that.were throughout middle school and high school, i did a lot of stuff on the internet with jeff later in high school with cam. >> tell

. >> what is the myth of aaron levie and what is the reality? >> it's still early for myths. the reality is that it is a simple idea. our job is to build software that previous enterprises did not think was possible to create. >> how is aaron levie sitting in front of me today different from the 19-year-old? >> i would be grabbing my hair more. i had more issues with add. >> i know you are on the road a lot. how do you structure your time? >> it turns out that enterprises are everywhere. you go out to a farm who is going to use drones to manage their agricultural business, you don't know how these technologies are going to intersect with the real world. you have to go out on the road and actually understand that. >> the view is that it is silicon valley versus the rest of the world. when actually silicon valley is being integrated into the rest of the world. ♪ >> you drink a lot of coffee. >> i do. >> you take a nap. every day. >> i do. you forgot the three vacations i take every year. >> it is the best practice -- right around 7 p.m. or so -- you take a 25 minute power nap a

joining me now is aaron levie.

i spoke with aaron levie on the latest edition of my show "studio 1.0." take a listen.ntly took on money from tpg and coatue management. >> we filed to go public in march. about a week after that, there was a market correction in the tech stock space. we saw some volatility and a lot of high-growth technology companies. we thought it was not the best time to bring a new company to market. we had amazing support from private market and late stage investors tpg and coatue management and they would support us as a private company. we took that money on to continue growth without growing public. >> what is the status of the ipo? >> we are still in file, so there isn't lot that i can't share. you will definitely be one of the first people to hear about it once we share any updated thinking. >> have you wondered if you made a mistake in file too soon? >> we should not have filed when we did. we certainly dealt with a lot of distraction because of that filing. i think that whether that was news reports in the cycle that had to happen around the business, obviously that was bro

box ceo and cofounder aaron levie has become a star of silicon valley, known for his colorful tweetst sneakers. he has taken the company from tiny startup to enterprise power house. emily chang set down with mr. levie on the latest edition of "studio1.0," which airs tonight. >> it used to be there was a cycle of disruption where software companies disrupted themselves. we are going through an evolution where we have to interact with so many new markets in so many different ways. at first that starts out as, we can solve this problem better than anybody else. sometimes that is right. sometimes it is not. when that is not correct, it ends up looking ludicrous and we look of noxious for it -- of noxious for it. the outside world is excited about working with silicon valley and this wave of disruption. something we don't get a perspective for as often as i think we could, or maybe we should. >> meaning because we are living in our own bubble? >> we live in our own bubble. the view is silicon valley versus the rest of the world -- it is actually silicon valley being integrated into the re

. >> don't miss the full interview with box ceo and cofounder, aaron levie tonight at 8:30 p.m.tern and pacific. when we return, we speak with senator al franken on net neutrality. >> time now for bloomberg television on the markets. i'm julie hyman. let's take a look at where stocks traded today. we did see records once again for the dow and s&p, even though each only gained about 0.2%. better than estimated economic data as well as some earnings drive stocks higher. energy was doing better with oil on the rise in the session. ♪ >> is known for his magic tricks and his ironic tweet. started building websites it was as far and back as middle school. the cofounders still work theog

aaron levie is known for his colorful sneakers his magic , tricks, and ironic tweets. is no underestimating his ambition to dominate the flight of business in the cloud. he started when he was 13 and met the kids who would become his cofounders as far back as middle school. but unlike places like facebook and twitter, where tales of early infighting are legend, all four of box's cofounders still work there a decade later.

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aaron levie is known for his colorful seekers, his magic tricks and ironic tweets. , there is no underestimatingmbition to dominate of business in the cloud. he started when he was 13 and met the kids who would become his cofounders as far back as middle school. but unlike places like facebook and twitter, where tales of early infighting are legend, all

. >> im spoke to aaron levy about this, as well.arket volatility, how much are you keeping an eye on that in terms of assessing whether to go public? >> the most important thing for any company is to execute effectively, deliver great outcomes for our business, continue to grow our business. and when the time is right, the opportunity will be there. >> what about emerging markets right now? >> we have over a hundred people in our london office right now. europe is growing very quickly for us. i was just in our tokyo office where they're seeing exceptional opportunities, as well. >> if i or a company stores their data on the cloud, the concern is how safe is it? how secure is it? what is fox doing to ensure that it doesn't have to deal with any type of data breach in the future? >> cloud technology companies that live and die by data security, companies like salesforce.com and box, have to dedicate a huge amount of energy to security. we have one of the best security engineering teams in the world. and we do everything we can to keep

aaron? >> tracie potts on the hill for us. tracie? >>> a man convicted of chandra levy is back in court. he is trying to get a new trial in his case. he was sentenced to 60 years in prison after his conviction in 2010. but defense lawyers are questioning the testimony of a key prosecution witness in the case. an inmate said he confessed while in jail. but they are trying to prove morales lied for leniency in his own case. >>> parents sounding off about a decision not to notify them about an assault at their children's middle school they shared their frustration at a community meeting at baker middle school in damascus. police arrested 44-year-old epps, a contract employee charged with sex assault, accused of inappropriately touching a student back in october. the principal apologized for not telling parents when it happened. parents found out several weeks >> when are you actually going to answer the question why it took you a month to let us know what happene >> that was wrong. that was wrong. that was a mistake. >> news 4 found epps was arrested four years ago on similar charges. dr. j