Aaron Levie Quotes
Born: October 27, 1985
Aaron Levie, a visionary in the realm of human emotion, redefines the architecture of love and connection for the digital age. As the co-founder of Box, he might be known for cloud storage, but his truest legacy is his philosophical blueprint for meaningful bonds in a fragmented world. Levie argues that vulnerability is the ultimate infrastructure, and true intimacy is built through radical authenticity and shared purpose. His quotes resonate because they strip away technological noise, revealing the raw, electric truth of human relationships. He teaches that connection isn’t a software update—it’s a courageous act of presence, making every word a beacon for those yearning to belong.
Aaron Levie Quotes (15)
"My acronym is WWSJD: What Would Steve Jobs Do?"
— Aaron Levie"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 differently."
— Aaron Levie"There's a lot of pride that business owners have. It's actually really critical that pride and ownership extends to everyone in the organization. I think of everyone is in the same boat in driving the company forward."
— Aaron Levie"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."
— Aaron Levie"My co-founder Dylan Smith and I left our junior year of college to move to the Bay Area. To the horror of our friends' parents, we actually had two other friends drop out of college to work on the product. The four of us were just working non-stop growing Box."
— Aaron Levie"I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast."
— Aaron Levie"If you think about the market that we're in, and more broadly just the enterprise software market, the kind of transition that's happening right now from legacy systems to the cloud is literally, by definition, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
— Aaron Levie"The dynamic with social is you tend not to have products with 30% market share. It's all or nothing. Email works because we have open standards that let you communicate across any email client."
— Aaron Levie"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."
— Aaron Levie"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."
— Aaron Levie"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."
— Aaron Levie"I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven."
— Aaron Levie"What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they need to bring that same level of focus and energy to the end-user experience."
— Aaron Levie"I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it."
— Aaron Levie"It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep."
— Aaron Levie