Aaron Patzer quotes

Kevin Systrom of Instagram used to work for us as a consultant in the early days of Mint. I knew him a long time ago. Maybe I could have gotten in there. But with photo sharing, I don't know if there's an obvious business model. I don't think there's a competitive, sustainable advantage. (Aaron Patzer)

I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. Really, I thought my goal in life was to be an inventor, a problem solver, so I thought I needed a Ph.D. to be good at inventions, but it turns out that you don't.

Aaron Patzer

I consider myself an inventor first and an entrepreneur second. In real life, my hero is Thomas Edison. He was a great inventor, but also an outstanding entrepreneur who was able to sell his inventions to the masses. He didn't just develop the light bulb; he invented the entire electric grid and power distribution system.

Aaron Patzer

If you think about photo sharing sites, the mobile photo sharing and social, there's no competitive advantage, there's no obvious business model, so I never play with anything like that. I avoid it like the plague.

Aaron Patzer

If you look on Amazon - if you do a search for personal finance, there are literally 20,000 books written on personal finance, and there's no real reason for it. I mean, personal finance is pretty simple.

Aaron Patzer

Aaron Patzer

Aaron Patzer - Image

Photo: philosophygeek from San Francisco, US, CC BY-SA 2.0

Occupation: American Businessman
Quotes count: 5

Related authors

Dustin Moskovitz 7

American Businessman

Max Levchin 20

Ukrainian Businessman

Scott Cook 18

American Businessman

Drew Houston 11

American Businessman

Ron Conway 11

American Businessman

Dave Morin 1

American Businessman

Robin Chase 5

American Businesswoman

Chris Hughes 28

American Businessman

Mark Zuckerberg 87

American Businessman

Sean Parker 37

American Entrepreneur