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
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.
jobs epic light
Steve Jobs is the most epic entrepreneur of all time. He served as a guiding light for any emerging businessperson who wanted to learn how things should get done. He'll be looked at as one of the best business leaders of all time, and certainly one of the best tech entrepreneurs.
two determined organize
A lot of being productive personally is determined by how you organize your entire business. You can't separate those two things.
able building solutions
You intentionally start small, because you will not be able to compete with an incumbent... because the incumbent is always going to go for the full solution.
simple people toys
Start with something simple and small, then expand over time. If people call it a 'toy' you're definitely onto something.
building incumbents
Do things that incumbents can't or won't do because it's economically or technically infeasible.