Having started three companies, and got a successful exit on the third, the solution is to be opinionated I built what I wanted and needed. Directed things in

Having started three companies, and got a successful exit on the third, the solution is to be opinionated I built what I wanted and needed. Directed things in the way I wanted them to go. Changed an entire industry. Don't let MBAs run your company, because they generally only care about the numbers, not about the product. If it's a good product, it sells itself. Edit: At one point, we brought in a CFO that kept on trying to insist we go another way (advertising.. you just keep chasing that). Maybe we would have made more money that way, but now the profit is at 4x expenses