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That’s already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.

Aaron Levie

The only barrier to entry you can create is to consistently build a great product.
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Barrie Consistently Create Entry Great Product
Every single industry is going through a major business model and technology oriented disruption.
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Building Business Disruption Model Oriented Technology
Opportunity lives at the intersection of what people need tomorrow and can be just barely built today.
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Bare Build Need Opportunity People Tomorrow
Do things that incumbents can’t or won’t do because it’s economically or technically infeasible.
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Building Incumbent Infeasible Technical Thing
In a user lead model, users are bringing in their own technology… and you can build software then, around the user.
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Bringing Building Lead Model Software Technology
All we’re really doing is repeating technologies that were tried 10, 20, 30 years ago… it’s just that it was too expensive, too unusable, and we didn’t have the enabling technologies to make it possible.
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Ago Done Enabling Repeat Technology Year
I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it’s important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It’s best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.
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Dangerous Important Incredible People Politics Thinking
Entrepreneurship: 10% coach, 20% player, 30% cheerleader, 40% waterboy.
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Cheerleader Coach Entrepreneur Player Waterboy
Start with something simple and small, then expand over time. If people call it a ‘toy’ you’re definitely onto something.
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Definite Expand People Simple Toy
Tip: Take the stodgiest, oldest, slowest moving industry you can find. And build amazing software for it.
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Amazing Industry Moving Slow Software Stodgiest
Your product should sell itself, but that does not mean you don’t need salespeople.
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Doe Mean Need People Product Sales
Always 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.
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Change Market Material Raw Significant Technology
We’re enamored with the concept that there’s always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.
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Build Company Concept Enamore Goal Great Sometimes
That’s already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.
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Attempt First Mean Tried Wrong
Go after the customers that are working in the future, but haven’t totally lost their minds.
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Building Customer Future Lost Mind Working
Focus 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.
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Focus Long Term Today Tomorrow

That’s already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.

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