The only barrier to entry you can create is to consistently build a great product.
If you don't go to every level of your company, you distance yourself from the marketplace and from your people.
Execute like there's no tomorrow, strategize like there will be.
The IT model of the enterprise has become a lot more user lead.
Too little process and you can't get good work done. Too much process and you can't get any work done. Most companies never find the middle.
Tip: Take the stodgiest, oldest, slowest moving industry you can find. And build amazing software for it.