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
thinking people important
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.
people prestige creation
I'm certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.
running real party
If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'What's the party going on right now that I should be going to?
thinking iphone ecosystems
All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.
retail internet stores
Jeff Bezos is opening a retail store and owns a newspaper. Turns out everything we thought about the Internet is wrong.
jobs way sometimes
Sometimes things are the way they are and can't be changed, other times it's because no one ever tried. Your job is to find the latter.
talking years research
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.
starting-out way disruption
The only way to avoid disruption is to constantly do what you would if you were just starting out.
goal sometimes company
We're enamored with the concept that there's always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.
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.