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We're going from a world of customized software to standardized platforms.

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Aaron Levie
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: December 27
Entrepreneur
Seattle
Washington
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I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.
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Do things that incumbents can't or won't do because it's economically or technically infeasible.
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Start with something simple and small, then expand over time. If people call it a 'toy' you're definitely onto something.
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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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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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Start with the assumption that the best way to do something is not the way it's being done right now.
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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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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 have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.
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You want to find the really crazy but still somewhat reasonable outliers within the customer ecosystem.
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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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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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The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to the customer and then they adopt the technology. The great thing about 'freemium' and the new way enterprise software is being sold is you get to try it first and then buy it.
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Why we do what we do: that moment when you get to see the future on your computer screen before the rest of the world.
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All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.
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The only barrier to entry you can create is to consistently build a great product.
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Read these 3 books - Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud.
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Focus too much on the near-term and you won't get tomorrow's customers, focus too much on the long-term and you won't get today's.
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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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We're enamored with the concept that there's always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.
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