Ten years of entrepreneurship overnight fame-GoPro founder how to become a billionaire

Nick Woodman, founder of GoPro, a sports camera maker, is a self-made billionaire ....

In 2002, Nick founded the Woodman Labs company, which specializes in making GoPro cameras. Now, the company has more than 500 employees, 2013-year income reached 986 million dollars. GoPro's shares were traded in the morning of Thursday, and the company's current market capitalisation is 2.6 billion dollars.

Nick's wife was his college sweetheart. They have two children. Nick is also a constant pursuit of excitement, which has made him a billionaire from a surfing enthusiast.

1. This is the 38-year-old Nick Goudman. The GoPro company he created made him a billionaire.

2. This is the GoPro camera. It's a camera designed to shoot high-intensity moves like skydiving and surfing. It can do things that other cameras can't do, and that's the way it's going to survive.

3. Nick is an adventurous fan who is living a rather wonderful life, but still needs to work hard for it.

4. When Nick was 8 years old, he saw a picture cut from a surf magazine on the wall of a friend's house and fell in love with surfing.

5. Nick grew up in Silicon Valley. His father is an investment banker. This is a photo of young Nick and his father.

6. Nick used to sell T-shirts in high school. The University of California, San Diego, is close to the beach, so he applies for admission to the school. He was initially rejected, and after trying to make the school overturn the original decision.

7. At college, Nick joined a surf-lovers ' club. "We wake up every morning and go surfing, and then we go to class, and then we surf," he wrote in an essay. ”

8. Nick met his wife, Jill, in his art class. "He has a drum, he has a guitar, he has three skateboards." Jill wrote in the article. They gave birth to two boys.

At the beginning of the 9.21 century, Nick tried to start a network company Funbug and raised 4 million dollars. The company collapsed when the dotcom bubble burst, when Nick was 26 years old.

10. He wants to build a new company, so he plans to surf Australia and Indonesia for five months to find inspiration for starting a new company.

11. Nick needed a camera to record his surfing journey, so he tied a camera to his arm with a rubber band. That's how the GoPro camera was born. Here's one of Nick's photos taken during the trip.

12. Nick has also been in the race. He felt that GoPro cameras could replace the expensive cameras used by racers.

13. This is the first prototype of GoPro. Nick and his parents offered GoPro a 260,000 dollar initial investment. When Nick was 30 years old, GoPro had a yearly income of $350,000 trillion, and the company had no risk financing at the time.

14. Nick's company has been profitable since the first day of its existence. In the early days of the company, he was the first to save money by packing and delivering the cameras himself.

15. Initially, the GoPros camera was sold at a surf shop and marketed at a trade fair. Sitting in his Volkswagen car, Nick took part in many fairs. His car was later stolen.

16. Four years after its establishment, GoPro has 8 employees, some of which are in this photo. Later, the company began selling shoulder straps while selling cameras.

17.GoPro made a breakthrough in 2009. At the time of an exhibition, the company's new hero HD HD camera sold. In that year, GoPro made 64 million dollars.

18.GoPro now has more than 500 employees and is already on the market. "Ten years of entrepreneurship, overnight fame." Nick said in an interview with Forbes magazine. But Nick is still a very down-to-earth guy. This is the scene with his family.