[haversine02]

I've had similar issues doing remote work for people who aren't really good at managing projects. The solution depends on how much you care about the product itself - you can either take charge, send constant emails, follow up on missed promises and generally push people to actually do something, or you can just ride this thing out. The management probably won't improve in time, and the product will most likely crash and burn. I've "saved" a few projects by doing most of the work myself, but often there are factors beyond your control that will drag the project down anyway. Another thing to think about - even if you build it, your CEO isn't guaranteed to make good use of the product and all your honest effort might be wasted by bad leadership anyway.