Image via Wikipedia In honor of the Foo Fighters finally getting back in the studio to produce a new album, I thought I would take a look at the career of Dave Grohl , their "CEO," recently named one of the ten most exciting persons in music , and derive some business lessons from it. What can you learn from a musician who went from being functionally homeless to having over a 1000 employees? Lesson #1 Embrace Failure/Fear After the death of Kurt Cobain , Grohl did not wallow in grief. He refocused and put himself back into the music. First by playing with and then rejecting a job offer from Tom Petty (who is still a close friend). Then, by embracing a DIY attitude to produce what became the first Foo Fighters album nearly entirely on his own with demos he had accumulated over the years. Lesson #2 Challenge Yourself Despite being known as one of the hardest working drummers in the business having played with Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultur...