Start with something simple and small, then expand over time. If people call it a ‘toy’ you’re definitely onto something.
AARON LEVIEStart with something simple and small, then expand over time. If people call it a ‘toy’ you’re definitely onto something.
AARON LEVIEOpportunity lives at the intersection of what people need tomorrow and can be just barely built today.
AARON LEVIEI don’t use many apps. I use naps.
AARON LEVIEIn a user lead model, users are bringing in their own technology… and you can build software then, around the user.
AARON LEVIEModularize, don’t customize. Build a platform as opposed to building all of the custom technology and custom vertical experiences.
AARON LEVIEMy 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.
AARON LEVIEWe’re enamored with the concept that there’s always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.
AARON LEVIEYou can keep ‘consumer’ DNA at the center of your product. That will always mean that adoption is easier.
AARON LEVIERead these 3 books – Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud.
AARON LEVIEYou intentionally start small, because you will not be able to compete with an incumbent… because the incumbent is always going to go for the full solution.
AARON LEVIEJeff Bezos is opening a retail store and owns a newspaper. Turns out everything we thought about the Internet is wrong.
AARON LEVIEThe IT model of the enterprise has become a lot more user lead.
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 LEVIEStart with the assumption that the best way to do something is not the way it’s being done right now.
AARON LEVIEToo 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.
AARON LEVIEI think I’m the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ – I’m pretty annoying, but driven.
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