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
Aaron Levie quotes about
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.
existential crisis existential-crisis
Startups live at the intersection of existential crisis and everything going perfectly great.
mean needs doe
Your product should sell itself, but that does not mean you don't need salespeople.
mean dna adoption
You can keep 'consumer' DNA at the center of your product. That will always mean that adoption is easier.
interesting next ifs
If every customer is using your product "correctly", you'll never learn anything interesting about what to do next.
technology building platforms
Modularize, don't customize. Build a platform as opposed to building all of the custom technology and custom vertical experiences.
meaningful adversity technology
I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.
real believe opportunity
I believe there's plenty of market for each; we're talking about an ecosystem that is going to support billions of devices, so a competitive landscape is good for consumers, developers, and the platforms alike. Apple brings a smooth elegance to its devices and platform, with the best marketplace experience to boot. Google brings a higher volume of devices as well as a more diverse ecosystem to interact with. The real story here is that Microsoft is nowhere to be seen, ending a two-decade monopoly and creating biggest opportunity for software startups probably ever.
fighting entrepreneur survival
Companies have never won. You're always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance.
retail internet stores
Jeff Bezos is opening a retail store and owns a newspaper. Turns out everything we thought about the Internet is wrong.
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.
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.
pride thinking organization
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.