Sean Parker
Sean Parker
Sean Parkeris an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who cofounded the file-sharing computer service Napster and served as the first president of the social networking website Facebook. He also cofounded Plaxo, Causes, Airtime, and Brigade, an online platform for civic engagement. He is the founder and chairman of the Parker Foundation, which focuses on life sciences, global public health, and civic engagement. As of November 2015, Parker's net worth was estimated to be US$2.5 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth3 December 1979
CityHerndon, VA
CountryUnited States of America
Little startups are ridiculously overfunded.
A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.
I can sort of do what I want. Maybe I have to work harder to prove myself in some new relationship because they've heard some wacky stories about me. But at least I can get the meeting.
I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.
Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you're going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren't quite on the radar yet and try to solve those
It seems like the right thing to do is tackle problems other people aren't working on.
The transition strategies are more important than understanding what the outcome state will be.
You have got to be willing to be poor as an entrepreneur.
Running a start-up is like eating glass. You just start to like the taste of your own blood.