Bob Parsons
Bob Parsons
Robert Parsons, better known as Bob Parsons, is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1997, he founded the GoDaddy group of companies, including domain name registrar GoDaddy.com, reseller registrar Wild West Domains and Blue Razor Domains. In July 2011, Parsons sold approximately 70 percent of Go Daddy to a private equity consortium and resigned his position as CEO. In June 2014, he stepped down from his position as Executive Chairman and currently serves on Go Daddy's board. Parsons owns 28...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 November 1950
CountryUnited States of America
You put a tuxedo on me, it's like putting a saddle on a hog.
The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.
The Internet has changed everything. We expect to know everything instantly. If you don't understand digital communication, you're at a disadvantage.
When it comes to the Internet, people like dealing with people.
When I started Go Daddy, I tried many things - like building networks and selling education - and none of it panned out. I lost millions of dollars the first couple of years. I made a lot of wrong turns, but that's the process of being successful in business.
I learned at that young age that sometimes a really big chance pays off.
But I'm concerned about security.” My response to that is simple: “Security is for cadavers.
Go Daddy is not just a job; it's a way of life. Our employees work hard, and offering great incentives is fun and productive for the company.
We are imperfect beings in a very imperfect world, and the one thing we can count on is that things will go wrong, and that each and every one of us will have problems.
I now know that I learn by solving problems as they arise. Rarely do we learn significant lessons, or significantly improve, any other way.
You got to go down a lot of wrong roads to find the right one.
Any company has got to reinvent itself again and again.
Let's be honest. There's not a business anywhere that is without problems. Business is complicated and imperfect. Every business everywhere is staffed with imperfect human beings and exists by providing a product or service to other imperfect human beings.
Anything that is measured and watched, improves.