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. Nick Woodman More Quotes by Nick Woodman More Quotes From Nick Woodman As soon as I stopped trying to think about a business idea and started focusing on what I’m passionate about, that’s when it came to me. Nick Woodman business ideas thinking I feel like in a world where we all try to figure out our place and our purpose here, your passions are one of your most obvious guides. Nick Woodman passion inspiration trying If I didn't follow my passion for surfing... I would have never come up with the concept to make a wrist camera. Nick Woodman surfing cameras passion On the road and traveling - that's when people are at their most creative. Nick Woodman creative people To get GoPro started, I moved back in with my parents and went to work seven days a week, 20 hours a day. I wrote off my personal life to make headway on it. Nick Woodman seven-days parent inspirational I can sell anything that I totally believe in but I’m a horrible salesman of something I don’t believe in Nick Woodman salesman horrible believe I think our slow, humble beginnings in surf shops, ski shops, bike shops, and motorcycle shops have been extremely important for our success. GoPro is all about celebrating an active lifestyle and sharing that with other people. It's authentic. It's not a brand that we went out and bought a bunch of ads for to create. Nick Woodman bike humble success people Fear drives you a lot harder than success does. Nick Woodman than you fear success I feel like I went through the Great Depression. All these companies are being successful around you, you're on that track, and then the market collapses, and you're out of a job. You're trying to save your investors' investment, and it doesn't work, and you sell the company for nothing. It was brutal. Nick Woodman great you work depression When I think about dropping team sports and picking up surfing and also then geeking out radio control planes and gadgetry and all that stuff I love, that's what really now has led me in big part to GoPro. Nick Woodman me team love sports In the early years, I would say GoPro's products were not that impressive. Nick Woodman say early impressive years I was inspired by how Red Bull isn't about the drink; it isn't about the product or the can. Red Bull is a platform to celebrate all that humans are capable of accomplishing. They built a lifestyle movement, a brand that sold this product. Nick Woodman lifestyle celebrate drink red Surfing is such an incredible experience with a huge ego element. Nick Woodman incredible surfing ego experience If I walk up to a can of Red Bull, I'm thinking about Formula One; I'm thinking about incredible athletic performances. And it helps me choose that can over something else to either side of it. Nick Woodman walk me red thinking People use GoPros to capture the experiences they are passionate about. Nick Woodman about capture passionate people Keeping people fired up starts with having a really clear vision for what the company is aiming to do. Nick Woodman up company vision people You know what the best thing about morning ski trips are? McDonald's! Nick Woodman best know you morning I'll let myself obsess over things. Nick Woodman obsess over things myself If we can become the de facto standard for image capture of unique perspectives around the world, we have a lot of growth ahead of us. Nick Woodman capture growth unique world 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. Nick Woodman beginning me money business
