What America's Highest-Paid CEO Does in a Typical Day - GoFuckYourself.com

wehateporn · 07-21-2015, 04:11 PM

What started on a five-month-long surfing trip as a way to document Nick Woodman's adventures has since become a publicly traded company that sells $300-dollar cameras and made Woodman the highest-paid CEO in the US in 2014, according to Bloomberg.

GoPro has humble beginnings as an 8-employee company that sold camera straps. But eventually the company began creating and selling its own cameras and mounts and now employs more than 800 people.

As Woodman explains in GoPro's "about us" video, it's not a little company anymore. "GoPro is a movement where more than ever before people around the world are capturing and sharing their life experiences."

As you can imagine, creating a movement takes a lot of work. During his Reddit AMA, Woodman, a husband and father of two, explained how he gets it all done:

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"Mornings start early with my little boys waking me up to play "the wall game," which is a multi-beanbag battlefest in their playroom. I protect my mornings as often as possible for family time and take them to school whenever I can 'cause once I am at work it's full on and often hard for me to get home in time for dinner.

At work, I'm lucky that I get to focus mainly on things I enjoy: product, marketing, and overall business vision and strategy. My days at work are awesome because I get to sit down with crazy smart and passionate people that help turn our ideas for GoPro into reality.

Product days are my favorite ? sitting down and imagining the future with engineers and designers that can make it happen is like a dream for me.

By the end of the day I'm completely zonked. I head home for a snooze and then wake up and repeat!"

What America's Highest-Paid CEO Does in a Typical Day

SilentKnight · 07-21-2015, 04:20 PM

Unless I'm missing something here...why is this news?

Where's the revelation?

sandman! · 07-21-2015, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SilentKnight

Unless I'm missing something here...why is this news?

Where's the revelation?

wehateporn · 07-21-2015, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

Unless I'm missing something here...why is this news?

Where's the revelation?

I thought the same, but figured I'd post it anyway and see what you guys make of it

SilentKnight · 07-21-2015, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by wehateporn

I thought the same, but figured I'd post it anyway and see what you guys make of it

I should've reg'd BanalityNews.com

(forehead slap)

MiamiBoyz · 07-21-2015, 04:43 PM

I can't wait for the release of the anal probe attachment for the gopro so we can all enjoy people taking a shit in HD!

I already don't give a shit but I might watch it!

arock10 · 07-21-2015, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by SilentKnight

Unless I'm missing something here...why is this news?

Where's the revelation?

Where's the conspiracy

davidclickpapa · 07-22-2015, 04:45 AM

"i wake up and family a little coz family is important then i work a lot. with good people. i like future"
well duh ;) kudos to the guy btw.

ilnjscb · 07-22-2015, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by arock10

Where's the conspiracy

Can't a man take a few minutes off every now and again?

JD · 07-22-2015, 10:43 AM

Translation: I go to meetings while other people do all the actual work, thinking, and creation. Then I soak up all the credit and millions of dollars while throwing bean bags at the wall.

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SilentKnight Megan Fox's fluffer Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: shooting pool in Elysium Posts: 24,818	Unless I'm missing something here...why is this news? Where's the revelation?

07-21-2015, 04:43 PM	#6
MiamiBoyz fgfdftre6 Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: In the closet with your dad! Posts: 6,690	I can't wait for the release of the anal probe attachment for the gopro so we can all enjoy people taking a shit in HD! I already don't give a shit but I might watch it!

07-22-2015, 10:43 AM	#10
JD Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22,651	Translation: I go to meetings while other people do all the actual work, thinking, and creation. Then I soak up all the credit and millions of dollars while throwing bean bags at the wall.