Aaron Levie
Aaron Levie
Aaron Winsor Levieis an American entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of the enterprise cloud company Box...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 December 1985
CountryUnited States of America
barriers products entry
The only barrier to entry you can create is to consistently build a great product.
moving software industry
Tip: Take the stodgiest, oldest, slowest moving industry you can find. And build amazing software for it.
knowing guarantees chance
The chance of failure is almost always better than the guarantee of never knowing.
stress causes done
The 10% between 90% done to 100% done takes most of the time, causes most of the stress, but is all of the value.
educational technology trying
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.
way trends implementation
Better to be right about the trend and wrong about the implementation, than the other way around.
world computer moments
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.
done way assumption
Start with the assumption that the best way to do something is not the way it's being done right now.
mean firsts
That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.
player cheerleader entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship: 10% coach, 20% player, 30% cheerleader, 40% waterboy.
thinking sight people
I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that’s cliche, I don’t know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
stress bugs passionate
When you're doing something you're passionate about, stress becomes a featurenot a bug.
uber world lessons
Uber is a $3.5 billion lesson in building for how the world *should* work instead of optimizing for how the world *does* work
mom snacks would-be
My mom is proud of me. But she might not be too happy about the hours I keep or how little I eat. I wake up so late that it would be inappropriate to have breakfast. At most, I will have a snack in the day and dinner. I realize that it's not the healthiest way to live, but it's all I really have time for.