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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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Aaron Levie
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: December 27
Entrepreneur
Seattle
Washington
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Better to be too early and have to try again, than be too late and have to catch up.
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You want to find the really crazy but still somewhat reasonable outliers within the customer ecosystem.
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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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I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.
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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'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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What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they need to bring that same level of focus and energy to the end-user experience.
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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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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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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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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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Every single industry is going through a major business model and technology oriented disruption.
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Innovation is hard because solving problems people didn't know they had & building something no one needs look identical at first.
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We're going from a world of customized software to standardized platforms.
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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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Startups often win because it's easier to see what comes next when you don't have to worry about maintaining what came last.
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Go after the customers that are working in the future, but haven't totally lost their minds.
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We didn't really start the company to go build an enterprise software company.
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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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Companies have never won. You're always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance.
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