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
drives fear harder success
Fear drives you a lot harder than success does.
business formative time
Everyone has an idea over time of what the business should be, and during the formative period, too many opinions could be disruptive.
certain disney engagement movies produces
Disney produces fabulous movies around certain characters, and then they commercialize that engagement through toys, books, cruises.
following
Dedicating myself to actually following through was my single biggest achievement.
build certain hardware services
At a certain point, the services that you build around the hardware become more important than the hardware itself.
work
As long as we continue to execute, everything will work out for everybody at GoPro.
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When I have a difficult decision to make, I imagine myself as a 90-year-old guy looking back on his life. I imagine what I'll think about myself at that point in time, and it always makes it really easy to go for it. You're only going to regret that you wimped out.
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I didn't want to take anybody else's money. I wanted to do something small that could be profitable from the beginning, and grow that way - and never need someone to write me a check to keep the business going.
focused
I get pretty focused when I start working on something. And I drink a lot of water, way more than most people.
people
People use GoPros to capture the experiences they are passionate about.
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Bootstrapping allows you total creative freedom. For example, if you decide to approach your business in a certain way that makes it a two- or three-year process to get to your first product, you can do that, versus being rushed into it by investors.
motivate next production spend time work
If I'm a content creator, and I get recognition for my work, that's going to motivate me to spend even more time on my next production and make it even better.
jet realized surf
I realized that a surf trip on a jet can be like a road trip. If you see a road you want to turn down, you can just go there.
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My first business was a retro-gaming site where you'd go and play all these cool old-school games. It was a good idea but ahead of its time.