I don’t use many apps. I use naps.
AARON LEVIEIn the enterprise you want to start intentionally small.
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Startups live at the intersection of existential crisis and everything going perfectly great.
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If there could’ve ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time.
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Uber is a $3.5 billion lesson in building for how the world *should* work instead of optimizing for how the world *does* work
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The chance of failure is almost always better than the guarantee of never knowing.
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We’re going from a world of customized software to standardized platforms.
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Start with the assumption that the best way to do something is not the way it’s being done right now.
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You intentionally start small, because you will not be able to compete with an incumbent… because the incumbent is always going to go for the full solution.
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Sometimes things are the way they are and can’t be changed, other times it’s because no one ever tried. Your job is to find the latter.
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You can look at the cost structure of an incumbent company and discover: where are they not going to be able to drop their prices… because that business model is fundamental to the existence of the company.
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that’s cliche, I don’t know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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You want to find the really crazy but still somewhat reasonable outliers within the customer ecosystem.
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Companies have never won. You’re always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance.
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Startups often win because it’s easier to see what comes next when you don’t have to worry about maintaining what came last.
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I’m certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.
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If people don’t think the odds are against you, you’re doing it wrong.
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