Occupation: Entrepreneur Birth: 1985
The benefit to building a startup is that customers don't have the same kind of friction when they adopt new technology..
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 ….
Listen to your customers, but don't always build exactly what they're telling you. This is a really key distinction around building enterprise softwa….
Innovation is hard because solving problems people didn't know they had & building something no one needs look identical at first..
The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in..
The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell t….
Companies have never won. You're always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance..
Start with something simple and small, then expand over time. If people call it a 'toy' you're definitely onto something..
You can keep 'consumer' DNA at the center of your product. That will always mean that adoption is easier..
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 ….
I think because of the iPhone and the fact that we now have a ubiquitous internet, our creativity in the startup space is 10 times different. Every s….
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 an….
Everything about the enterprise, and then by definition the software the enterprise uses has changed - just in the last 5 years..
My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit dif….
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..
I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super import….
In the enterprise you want to start intentionally small..
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 sho….
I don't use many apps. I use naps..
My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee..
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….