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.
AARON LEVIESometimes 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.
AARON LEVIECompanies have never won. You’re always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance.
AARON LEVIEThere’s a lot of pride that business owners have. It’s actually really critical that pride and ownership extends to everyone in the organization. I think of everyone is in the same boat in driving the company forward.
AARON LEVIEI think I’m the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ – I’m pretty annoying, but driven.
AARON LEVIEBetter to be too early and have to try again, than be too late and have to catch up.
AARON LEVIEAlways look for these changing technology factors- any market that has a significant change in the underlying raw materials …or enabling factors, is an environment that is about to change in a very significant way.
AARON LEVIEEntrepreneurship: 10% coach, 20% player, 30% cheerleader, 40% waterboy.
AARON LEVIEThe best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.
AARON LEVIEThe most customer-centric organizations can answer any question by deciding what’s best for the customer, without ever having to ask.
AARON LEVIEThe 10% between 90% done to 100% done takes most of the time, causes most of the stress, but is all of the value.
AARON LEVIEThe chance of failure is almost always better than the guarantee of never knowing.
AARON LEVIEStartups live at the intersection of existential crisis and everything going perfectly great.
AARON LEVIEIn an IT lead world, incumbents generally win because they have the existing relationship with the IT organization.
AARON LEVIEFocus too much on the near-term and you won’t get tomorrow’s customers, focus too much on the long-term and you won’t get today’s.
AARON LEVIEMy dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.
AARON LEVIEWhen you’re doing something you’re passionate about, stress becomes a featurenot a bug.
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