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I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.

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Aaron Levie
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: December 27
Entrepreneur
Seattle
Washington
Meetings
Faults
Fast
Talk
Often
Interrupt
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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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Read these 3 books - Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud.
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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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Steve Jobs is the most epic entrepreneur of all time. He served as a guiding light for any emerging businessperson who wanted to learn how things should get done. He'll be looked at as one of the best business leaders of all time, and certainly one of the best tech entrepreneurs.
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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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