Start with something simple and small, then expand over time. If people call it a ‘toy’ you’re definitely onto something.
AARON LEVIEThe only way to avoid disruption is to constantly do what you would if you were just starting out.
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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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Companies have never won. You’re always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance.
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It’s unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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Every single industry is going through a major business model and technology oriented disruption.
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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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Too 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.
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Read these 3 books – Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud.
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Startups live at the intersection of existential crisis and everything going perfectly great.
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If you’re waiting for encouragement from others, you’re doing it wrong. By the time people think an idea is good, it’s probably too late.
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You 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.
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The most customer-centric organizations can answer any question by deciding what’s best for the customer, without ever having to ask.
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Tip: Take the stodgiest, oldest, slowest moving industry you can find. And build amazing software for it.
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If every customer is using your product “correctly”, you’ll never learn anything interesting about what to do next.
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Jeff Bezos is opening a retail store and owns a newspaper. Turns out everything we thought about the Internet is wrong.
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If people don’t think the odds are against you, you’re doing it wrong.
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