You can keep ‘consumer’ DNA at the center of your product. That will always mean that adoption is easier.
AARON LEVIEYou can keep ‘consumer’ DNA at the center of your product. That will always mean that adoption is easier.
AARON LEVIEIf there could’ve ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time.
AARON LEVIEI think I’m the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ – I’m pretty annoying, but driven.
AARON LEVIEYou 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.
AARON LEVIEIn a user lead model, users are bringing in their own technology… and you can build software then, around the user.
AARON LEVIETip: Take the stodgiest, oldest, slowest moving industry you can find. And build amazing software for it.
AARON LEVIEModularize, don’t customize. Build a platform as opposed to building all of the custom technology and custom vertical experiences.
AARON LEVIEWhat happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don’t think they need to bring that same level of focus and energy to the end-user experience.
AARON LEVIEStart with the assumption that the best way to do something is not the way it’s being done right now.
AARON LEVIEWhen you’re doing something you’re passionate about, stress becomes a featurenot a bug.
AARON LEVIEI 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.
AARON LEVIEStartups often win because it’s easier to see what comes next when you don’t have to worry about maintaining what came last.
AARON LEVIEInnovation in tech favors the naive and the stubborn. If you are too rational you won’t tackle problems that others once failed at.
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 LEVIEEntrepreneurship: 10% coach, 20% player, 30% cheerleader, 40% waterboy.
AARON LEVIEI’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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