Lessons Learned from Interviewing 450 CTOs – Joel Beasley

<div id="contentsContainer" class="style-scope qowt-page"> <div id="contents" class="style-scope qowt-page"> <p id="E303" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span id="E304" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">Joe</span><span id="E305" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">l Beasley</span> <span id="E306" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">is the host of the Modern CTO Podcast where he has interviewed more than 450 technology leaders.</span></p> <p id="E308" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span id="E309" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">Joel is also a CTO himself – he’s the current CTO of LeaderBits, which helps train people to be successful leaders. The LeaderBits company grew out of the Modern CTO podcast, by identifying the patterns and habits of successful leaders that got them to the top of their organization.</span> <span id="E311" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">The company</span> <span id="E312" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">has trained more than 2000 leaders at companies around the world.</span></p> <p id="E314" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span id="E315" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">Joel also likes to play the drums and guitar. And he loves spending time with his wife and</span> <span id="E316" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">children</span><span id="E317" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">.</span></p> <p id="E319" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1"><span id="E320" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">“</span><span id="E321" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">The product was a failure because it didn’t solve a problem</span> <span id="E322" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">that was large enough for people to pay money</span> <span id="E323" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">for</span> <span id="E324" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">it</span><span id="E325" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">.</span><span id="E326" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">” –</span> <span id="E327" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">J</span><span id="E328" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">oel Beasley</span></p> <p id="E329" cl