Uber is a $3.5 billion lesson in building for how the world *should* work instead of optimizing for how the world *does* work — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
In an IT lead world, incumbents generally win because they have the existing relationship with the IT organization. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
We're going from a world of customized software to standardized platforms. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
Why we do what we do: that moment when you get to see the future on your computer screen before the rest… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they… — 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
