Having no idea what you are doing →

Ben Pieratt, CEO of svpply, talks about his challenges at being a CEO with 0 experience. Most of the challenges aren't with technology or funding or even the business model. The biggest challenge is in finding good people and working with them. People make businesses run, whether it's a mom-and-pop shop or it's a multi-billion dollar corporation.

My favorite line addresses product development:

But my understanding of the product and the market has leapfrogged the vision that I pitched.

Customers always change things in product development. The faster you can understand this, the better.

– Via Swombat

# | 08/21/2011 7:12 a.m.