Today's Entrepreneur is Dale Quayle, President and CEO, FileTrek Software. According to his VEQ Dale is a thought leader and is sales management and team motivation.

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I am a(n):
Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Trinagy, Integrien, FIleTrek

Startups I worked for:
Holguin, Artios,Trinagy, Integrien, FIleTrek

If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to attack serious enterprise problems with serious enterprise software.

My favorite startups:
VMware, Integrien, FileTrek

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Creating an idea into a product that is used an accepted in the market, is the most frustrating part of the job. The most rewarding...... the same thing.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, inventing software that no one wants.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
1. Get customers.
2. Be maniacal about assuring customers love your product.
3. Listen to what customers tell you and keep inovating.