Before GoPro, if you wanted to have any footage of yourself doing anything, whether it's video or photo, you not only needed a camera, you needed another human being. And if you wanted the footage to be good, you needed… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to get any footage of yourself doing what you love unless you have a friend who's a photographer or videographer and wants to document you. That was really the idea and the goal from the beginning: to… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
I get pretty focused when I start working on something. And I drink a lot of water, way more than most people. — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
Before GoPro, if you wanted to have any footage of yourself doing anything, whether it's video or photo, you not only needed a camera,… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
I feel like in a world where we all try to figure out our place and our purpose here, your passions are one of… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
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… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
Bootstrapping allows you total creative freedom. For example, if you decide to approach your business in a certain way that makes it a two-… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
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… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
To get GoPro started, I moved back in with my parents and went to work seven days a week, 20 hours a day. I… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
If we can become the de facto standard for image capture of unique perspectives around the world, we have a lot of growth ahead… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
When I think about dropping team sports and picking up surfing and also then geeking out radio control planes and gadgetry and all that… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
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… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
I originally started GoPro with the sole purpose of helping surfers capture photos of themselves and their friends while they were surfing. I thought… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
I think our slow, humble beginnings in surf shops, ski shops, bike shops, and motorcycle shops have been extremely important for our success. GoPro… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
If I'm a content creator, and I get recognition for my work, that's going to motivate me to spend even more time on my… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I realized that a surf trip on a jet can be like a road trip. If you see a road you want to turn… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
