I claimed that I was quite an expert on usability and intranet design despite the fact that I had never done either before. Basically I winged it. I believe bi

I claimed that I was quite an expert on usability and intranet design despite the fact that I had never done either before. Basically I winged it. I believe billionaire Mark Cuban said he did this with one of his first companies (MicroSolutions I think). He said people would ask if they did this or that, and he just said yes to everything, even if he had to stay up reading books all night. Edit: I was trying to remember what his company did. I believe they were one of the first to start networking Macs together. Anyway, I found this quote from his blog which may also be relevant: AT MicroSolutions [reading] gave me a huge advantage. A guy with little computer background could compete with far more experienced guys just because I put in the time to learn all I could. I learned from magazines and books, but I also learned from watching what some of the up and coming technology companies of the day were doing. Its funny how the companies that I thought were brilliant then, are still racking it up today.