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

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Aaron Levie
Age: 38
Born: 1985
Born: December 27
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The IT model of the enterprise has become a lot more user lead.
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The product that wins is the one that bridges customers to the future, not the one that requires a giant leap.
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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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In an IT lead world, incumbents generally win because they have the existing relationship with the IT organization.
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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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Better to be right about the trend and wrong about the implementation, than the other way around.
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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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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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Companies have never won. You're always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance.
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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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Execute like there's no tomorrow, strategize like there will be.
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Modularize, don't customize. Build a platform as opposed to building all of the custom technology and custom vertical experiences.
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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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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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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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In a user lead model, users are bringing in their own technology... and you can build software then, around the user.
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Every single industry is going through a major business model and technology oriented disruption.
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Everything about the enterprise, and then by definition the software the enterprise uses has changed - just in the last 5 years.
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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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