Do things that incumbents can’t or won’t do because it’s economically or technically infeasible.
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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When you’re doing something you’re passionate about, stress becomes a featurenot a bug.
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The IT model of the enterprise has become a lot more user lead.
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In a user lead model, users are bringing in their own technology… and you can build software then, around the user.
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You want to find the really crazy but still somewhat reasonable outliers within the customer ecosystem.
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If there could’ve ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time.
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We’re enamored with the concept that there’s always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.
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Every single industry is going through a major business model and technology oriented disruption.
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What 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.
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I 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.
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Focus too much on the near-term and you won’t get tomorrow’s customers, focus too much on the long-term and you won’t get today’s.
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I’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.
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If you don’t go to every level of your company, you distance yourself from the marketplace and from your people.
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The only way to avoid disruption is to constantly do what you would if you were just starting out.
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We’re going from a world of customized software to standardized platforms.
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Always look for these changing technology factors- any market that has a significant change in the underlying raw materials …or enabling factors, is an environment that is about to change in a very significant way.
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