Nick Woodman

Nick Woodman
Nicholas D. "Nick" Woodmanis an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of GoPro...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth24 June 1975
CitySanta Clara County, CA
CountryUnited States of America
business heavy hit lifting stride thirties twenties
My twenties were my practice. My thirties were when I really hit my stride with GoPro and did all the heavy lifting to build the business.
wear
My friends used to tease me 'cause I'd wear a CamelBak while I was working so I wouldn't have to get up if I was thirsty.
love people sounds
It sounds cheesy, but if you are having fun, people will love your company, you will be more successful, and more ideas will come your way.
In the early years, I would say GoPro's products were not that impressive.
extremely planet
I'm just extremely excited to explore the planet that we're living on.
head wore
I wore a GoPro camera on my head for all three of my boys.
morning work
I want to want to go to work in the morning.
based breakdown buy learned people rational
I learned that most people buy based on emotion, not on a rational breakdown of the product or service.
trunk
I have a GoPro in the trunk of my streetcar.
kids wake
I don't want to wake up and see my kids going off to college and wonder what happened.
early late lucky morning point time until work
I come into work late morning time and go at it until early evening, and I'm lucky that I'm at the point where I'm able to do that.
cool decided industry surfing worst
I come from surfing, and surfing is the worst cool-guy industry of all. I decided long ago to try and kill the cool guy.
people
GoPro lets people take other people along for the ride with them.
capture ideal
GoPro is ideal for pro-active capture, meaning, 'Hey, we're going to do something fun, and we're going to capture a video of it.'