Five CEOs share the good and bad about running a business

Edwin Dande, CEO, Cytonn Investments (PHOTO: FILE)

NAIROBI, KENYA: What do you say when someone asks you to do something you’re not quite ready to do? Many of us will choose to wait until we’re ready, but history proves this isn’t always the smartest move.

According to Marissa Mayer, an IT executive who was once the CEO of Yahoo!, timing will very rarely be perfect, so even if you aren’t ready, just do what needs to get done: “You push through those moments and that’s when you have a breakthrough,” she says.