The product that wins is the one that bridges customers to the future, not the one that requires a giant leap.
AARON LEVIEEvery single industry is going through a major business model and technology oriented disruption.
More Aaron Levie Quotes
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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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We’re going from a world of customized software to standardized platforms.
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We didn’t really start the company to go build an enterprise software company.
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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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I think I’m the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ – I’m pretty annoying, but driven.
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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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It’s unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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My 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.
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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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All we’re really doing is repeating technologies that were tried 10, 20, 30 years ago… it’s just that it was too expensive, too unusable, and we didn’t have the enabling technologies to make it possible.
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If people don’t think the odds are against you, you’re doing it wrong.
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Startups live at the intersection of existential crisis and everything going perfectly great.
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Read these 3 books – Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud.
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I don’t use many apps. I use naps.
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There’s a lot of pride that business owners have. It’s actually really critical that pride and ownership extends to everyone in the organization. I think of everyone is in the same boat in driving the company forward.
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