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Any time where the delta b/w what is possible and how things work today is at its widest, that’s an opportunity to go build new technology.

Aaron Levie

That’s already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.
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Attempt First Mean Tried Wrong
Too little process and you can’t get good work done. Too much process and you can’t get any work done. Most companies never find the middle.
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Done Little Much Person Process
The IT model of the enterprise has become a lot more user lead.
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Building Enterprise IT Lead Model
Execute like there’s no tomorrow, strategize like there will be.
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Entrepreneur Execute Like Strategize Tomorrow
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
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
Every single industry is going through a major business model and technology oriented disruption.
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Building Business Disruption Model Oriented Technology
There’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.
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Extend Organization Ownership Pride Thinking
My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee.
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Begin Black Coffee Cup Hand Workday
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
When you’re doing something you’re passionate about, stress becomes a featurenot a bug.
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Bug Feature Passionate Something Stress
Listen to your customers, but don’t always build exactly what they’re telling you. This is a really key distinction around building enterprise software.
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Building Customer Distinction Key Listen Software Tell
The benefit to building a startup is that customers don’t have the same kind of friction when they adopt new technology.
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Adopt Benefits Customer Friction Kind Technology
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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Achieve Cliche People Sight Thinking
If there could’ve ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time.
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Building Company Enterprise Magical Software Time
Why we do what we do: that moment when you get to see the future on your computer screen before the rest of the world.
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Computer Future Moment Screen World

Any time where the delta b/w what is possible and how things work today is at its widest, that’s an opportunity to go build new technology.

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