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
existential crisis existential-crisis
Startups live at the intersection of existential crisis and everything going perfectly great.
interesting next ifs
If every customer is using your product "correctly", you'll never learn anything interesting about what to do next.
encouragement thinking ideas
If you're waiting for encouragement from others, you're doing it wrong. By the time people think an idea is good, it's probably too late.
innovation stubborn favors
Innovation in tech favors the naive and the stubborn. If you are too rational you won't tackle problems that others once failed at.
want building enterprise
In the enterprise you want to start intentionally small.
done littles too-much
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.
technology significant-change raw-materials
Always look for these changing technology factors- any market that has a significant change in the underlying raw materials ...or enabling factors, is an environment that is about to change in a very significant way.
years use definitions
Everything about the enterprise, and then by definition the software the enterprise uses has changed - just in the last 5 years.
building software enterprise
If there could've ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time.
technology benefits kind
The benefit to building a startup is that customers don't have the same kind of friction when they adopt new technology.
organization answers customers
The most customer-centric organizations can answer any question by deciding what's best for the customer, without ever having to ask.
naps use apps
I don't use many apps. I use naps.
technology enough standing-out
The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.
world building platforms
We're going from a world of customized software to standardized platforms.