In a user lead model, users are bringing in their own technology... and you can build software then, around the user. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
We're going from a world of customized software to standardized platforms. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
We didn't really start the company to go build an enterprise software company. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
Everything about the enterprise, and then by definition the software the enterprise uses has changed - just in the last 5 years. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
If you think about the market that we're in, and more broadly just the enterprise software market, the kind of transition that's… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
Listen to your customers, but don't always build exactly what they're telling you. This is a really key distinction around building enterprise… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
Tip: Take the stodgiest, oldest, slowest moving industry you can find. And build amazing software for it. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
If there could've ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
I believe there's plenty of market for each; we're talking about an ecosystem that is going to support billions of devices, so… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
The benefit to building a startup is that customers don't have the same kind of friction when they adopt new technology. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
The only way to avoid disruption is to constantly do what you would if you were just starting out. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
The chance of failure is almost always better than the guarantee of never knowing. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
You can look at the cost structure of an incumbent company and discover: where are they not going to be able to drop their… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
Modularize, don't customize. Build a platform as opposed to building all of the custom technology and custom vertical experiences. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
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.… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
A lot of being productive personally is determined by how you organize your entire business. You can't separate those two things. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
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… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
All we're really doing is repeating technologies that were tried 10, 20, 30 years ago... it's just that it was too expensive, too unusable,… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
