More technical founders should put their name on the company.

More technical founders should put their name on the company.

That’s one thing that went through my head when reading “The Birth of Loud: Leo Fend, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock ‘N’ Roll.”

Leo Fender was the founder. The company grew and became the genre defining business it did because of a team that included talented and important sales and operations people. At the end of the day, the guitars hit a standard of quality though, in part, because Leo’s last name was on the guitar.