Startups often win because it’s easier to see what comes next when you don’t have to worry about maintaining what came last.
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 LEVIEIf you don’t go to every level of your company, you distance yourself from the marketplace and from your people.
AARON LEVIEIf people don’t think the odds are against you, you’re doing it wrong.
AARON LEVIEJeff Bezos is opening a retail store and owns a newspaper. Turns out everything we thought about the Internet is wrong.
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 LEVIEStartups live at the intersection of existential crisis and everything going perfectly great.
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 LEVIEWhy we do what we do: that moment when you get to see the future on your computer screen before the rest of the world.
AARON LEVIEExecute like there’s no tomorrow, strategize like there will be.
AARON LEVIEI’m certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.
AARON LEVIERead these 3 books – Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud.
AARON LEVIEWe didn’t really start the company to go build an enterprise software company.
AARON LEVIEThe product that wins is the one that bridges customers to the future, not the one that requires a giant leap.
AARON LEVIEYour product should sell itself, but that does not mean you don’t need salespeople.
AARON LEVIEStart with something simple and small, then expand over time. If people call it a ‘toy’ you’re definitely onto something.
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