HN: If your CEO can't use your product, your company is doomed

Re:HN: If your CEO can't use your product, your company is d... by planck on Friday May 01, 2009 @05:05PM (#589155)

Is this directed at a specific company, or are you just stating this generally? Some details as to why you believe this might be nice.

Suppose I'm the CEO of a company that makes fighter jets for the military...

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Re:HN: If your CEO can't use your product, your company is d... by jeremychone on Friday May 01, 2009 @05:12PM (#589166)

Ok, good point.

Mostly focused for the Software industry. I think it is valid for CEO of small/medium size company, or VP Eng/General Managers in big Corporation.

I think that the reason why the software industry has been so slow (or confused) is that there are too many software execs that do not understand what they are building. They are just very good a spinning good stories to their investors or managers.

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Re:HN: If your CEO can't use your product, your company is d... by bbuffone on Friday May 01, 2009 @05:10PM (#589163)

If the CEO can't use the product, they need to rely on others to - 1.) Communicate accurately the state of the product (is it good, why is it bad) 2.) Also communicate effectively both down (employees) and outwardly (partners, press, customers) the product direction.

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Re:HN: If your CEO can't use your product, your company is d... by jeremychone on Friday May 01, 2009 @05:21PM (#589182)

I am not a big fan of the "rely on others" argument. There is only one maestro is a orchestra. Obviously, a good maestro with bad musicians won't be heard for long.

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