The 10% between 90% done to 100% done takes most of the time, causes most of the stress, but is all of the value.
AARON LEVIEYou want to find the really crazy but still somewhat reasonable outliers within the customer ecosystem.
More Aaron Levie Quotes
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Opportunity lives at the intersection of what people need tomorrow and can be just barely built today.
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Look for new enabling technologies that create a wide gap between how things have been done and how they can be done.
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I’m obsessed with speed. I’m always asking myself, ‘Why can’t we do things faster? Why can’t it happen more efficiently? Why is this requiring three meetings instead of one?’
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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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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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You’ll learn more in a day talking to customers than a week of brainstorming, a month of watching competitors, or a year of market research.
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That’s already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.
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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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Modularize, don’t customize. Build a platform as opposed to building all of the custom technology and custom vertical experiences.
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Every single industry is going through a major business model and technology oriented disruption.
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Entrepreneurship: 10% coach, 20% player, 30% cheerleader, 40% waterboy.
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Go after the customers that are working in the future, but haven’t totally lost their minds.
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I don’t use many apps. I use naps.
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Read these 3 books – Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud.
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The IT model of the enterprise has become a lot more user lead.
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