When you’re doing something you’re passionate about, stress becomes a featurenot a bug.
AARON LEVIEWhen you’re doing something you’re passionate about, stress becomes a featurenot a bug.
AARON LEVIEA lot of being productive personally is determined by how you organize your entire business. You can’t separate those two things.
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 LEVIEThe only way to avoid disruption is to constantly do what you would if you were just starting out.
AARON LEVIEThat’s already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.
AARON LEVIEStart with the assumption that the best way to do something is not the way it’s being done right now.
AARON LEVIEThe most customer-centric organizations can answer any question by deciding what’s best for the customer, without ever having to ask.
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 LEVIEGo after the customers that are working in the future, but haven’t totally lost their minds.
AARON LEVIEExecute like there’s no tomorrow, strategize like there will be.
AARON LEVIEThe IT model of the enterprise has become a lot more user lead.
AARON LEVIEThe product that wins is the one that bridges customers to the future, not the one that requires a giant leap.
AARON LEVIEI have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.
AARON LEVIEIf there could’ve ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time.
AARON LEVIEThe chance of failure is almost always better than the guarantee of never knowing.
AARON LEVIEI 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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