Better to be too early and have to try again, than be too late and have to catch up.
AARON LEVIEBetter to be too early and have to try again, than be too late and have to catch up.
More Aaron Levie Quotes
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You’ll learn more in a day talking to customers than a week of brainstorming, a month of watching competitors, or a year of market research.
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Companies have never won. You’re always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance.
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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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Opportunity lives at the intersection of what people need tomorrow and can be just barely built today.
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The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.
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You 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.
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Startups live at the intersection of existential crisis and everything going perfectly great.
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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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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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Uber is a $3.5 billion lesson in building for how the world *should* work instead of optimizing for how the world *does* work
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When you’re doing something you’re passionate about, stress becomes a featurenot a bug.
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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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The IT model of the enterprise has become a lot more user lead.
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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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Tip: Take the stodgiest, oldest, slowest moving industry you can find. And build amazing software for it.
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