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
focused
I get pretty focused when I start working on something. And I drink a lot of water, way more than most people.
anybody business check grow money profitable small
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.
decision difficult easy guy imagine life looking point time
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.
work
As long as we continue to execute, everything will work out for everybody at GoPro.
following
Dedicating myself to actually following through was my single biggest achievement.
certain disney engagement movies produces
Disney produces fabulous movies around certain characters, and then they commercialize that engagement through toys, books, cruises.
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.
drives fear harder success
Fear drives you a lot harder than success does.
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.'
people
GoPro lets people take other people along for the ride with them.
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.
kids wake
I don't want to wake up and see my kids going off to college and wonder what happened.
trunk
I have a GoPro in the trunk of my streetcar.
morning work
I want to want to go to work in the morning.