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.
AARON LEVIEListen to your customers, but don’t always build exactly what they’re telling you. This is a really key distinction around building enterprise software.
AARON LEVIERead these 3 books – Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud.
AARON LEVIEThe only barrier to entry you can create is to consistently build a great product.
AARON LEVIEThe best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.
AARON LEVIEThe 10% between 90% done to 100% done takes most of the time, causes most of the stress, but is all of the value.
AARON LEVIEInnovation is hard because solving problems people didn’t know they had & building something no one needs look identical at first.
AARON LEVIEI think I’m the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ – I’m pretty annoying, but driven.
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 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 LEVIEThe benefit to building a startup is that customers don’t have the same kind of friction when they adopt new technology.
AARON LEVIEIn a user lead model, users are bringing in their own technology… and you can build software then, around the user.
AARON LEVIEYou can keep ‘consumer’ DNA at the center of your product. That will always mean that adoption is easier.
AARON LEVIEI have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.
AARON LEVIEExecute like there’s no tomorrow, strategize like there will be.
AARON LEVIEModularize, don’t customize. Build a platform as opposed to building all of the custom technology and custom vertical experiences.
AARON LEVIEA lot of being productive personally is determined by how you organize your entire business. You can’t separate those two things.
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