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A lot of being productive personally is determined by how you organize your entire business. You can't separate those two things.

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Aaron Levie
Age: 38
Born: 1985
Born: December 27
Entrepreneur
Seattle
Washington
Determined
Entire
Business
Two
Things
Organize
Productive
Personally
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That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.
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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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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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The chance of failure is almost always better than the guarantee of never knowing.
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