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
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No surfer wants to be the photographer, especially when the waves are good.
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One of my mentors early on was Eli Harari, the founder of SanDisk, who happened to be a friend of my dad's.
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People are watching GoPro content not to decide whether they should buy it or not - they're watching it for the entertainment.
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People don't go buy GoPro for the thing; they buy it for what the thing does.
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Surfing is such an incredible experience with a huge ego element.
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The best way to fire somebody is to compassionately fire them.
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The magic of GoPro is that we are enabling the world to communicate in this new way, to express themselves in a new way, and it's snowballing.
The smartphone killed the traditional camera industry because it subsumed all the functions of a traditional camera.
Things that burn very brightly, we wonder how long they can keep burning.
What makes 4K so interesting is it captures lifelike cinema-quality video.
When I was 22, I realised I wanted to be an inventor.
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You don't have to raise millions of dollars to be successful, you just have to work on something you are passionate about.
You must, as an entrepreneur - if that's your position - be doing things that really move the needle.
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YouTube didn't really start to hit its stride until 2006.