If you could have dinner with anyone, alive or dead, who would it be?

   I arrived in In-N-Out, where I and Sean had promised to meet, looking around the restaruant. I just can't believe this reality. Sean is the one I definitely want to meet ever since I watched the movie The Social Network. I searched his more detail profile, as I get to know him more, I kinda fell into him more. His life was really similar to my ideal life, that he didn't go to college, became popular for his age 19 and is a super rich in silicon valley. He co-founded Napster, a infamous milestone in music industry, when he was 19 giving up the opportunity to go to college unlike most of other high school students. He played very important role in early development of Facebook by advising Facebook team and connecting them to silicon valley venture capitalists. And as a reward, he got 7% of Facebook stock, so now he is a super rich having more than 1 billion dollars. When I've been thinking one thing and another, I just noticed him coming.

I: "Oh, hello Mr.Parker. I'm glad to meet you. I just can't believe this is true."

Sean : "Hey, you must be su-jae right? Sure, this is true and you and I are having dinner. You don't think this is kind of imagination happening in someone's brain, right? By the way, just call me Sean."

I: "OK. That thing reminds me of that scene in the movie Social Network. You know, that you say to Mark remove the from thefacebook. Did you see that movie?"

Sean : "Sure. Well, I first want to tell you that most of the movie is just fake. It is the movie made in Hollywood so there are many exaggerations and distortions to make it more interesting. I feel dissatisfied to it, but I don't want to complain it 'cause I know that's how things are working in Hollywood."

I : "Oh I see. Let's talk about your life. I think the decision not to go to college required many bravery because not so many people actually take that decision. How did you come up with the decision?"

Sean : "That's kind of evident to me then. Napster was just in front of my eyes, college education to me felt pretty petty. Think about it. You'll gonna change the whole world soon, now, do you want to go to a university?"

I : "So, have you ever regretting that decision?"

Sean : "No, definitely not. I always want to live a unique life as you can see from my path of life. Going to college is way too common and dull. Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and bunch of other IT giants had drop out of the university. It means managing the company is much interesting and fun than attending the school."

I : "Well... I kinda think of that too. How do you think about it? Will you recommend me not to go to a university?"

Sean : "Hmm, recommending is a different level of telling my story. What I can say is just live your life, not your parents' life or not your teacher's life. If you have a solid vision, nothing much matters. Believe in yourself and take a decision resolutely."

I : "Oh that helps me a lot. Actually my dream is to be a entrepreneur, like you. Can you tell me your life as an entrepreneur?"

Sean : "I think I got to tell you the story when I first co-founded Napster with my friends. You have heard of it, Napster right? It is a ancestor of torrent. People downloaded and shared musics with Napster. The power of Napster was explosive. All of the people in music industry became enraged and threatened us that they'll accuse us. All we can do was filing for bankruptcy against huge amounts of money as compensation. I know it was the service has many legal problems, but it was also a necessary evil for the music industry. It had been one step behind the internet era, so by Napster it can radically reform itself, finally following the internet era. So I'm very proud of founding Napster. And, I want to tell you this. When you start a company, the money don't have to be in priority. Fun should be the priority. That is a hacker spirit and silicon valley spirit. Once you be excited about the idea and can't stand anymore without starting a company, money and reputation automatically follow you."

I : "Interesting story! And helped me a lot, too. Um, not only Napster, you also involved in Facebook right? Well, did you know Facebook will succeed when you involved? If so, is there a measure for judging startups' potential success?"

Sean : "When I first met Mark and heard about Facebook, I just was fascinated. I told you that fun is important. The idea of Facebook was obvious and logical. Connecting the people on online, it was a service that everyone wanted but no one have served. Like I told you, if you find an idea that is so fun that you can't stand anymore without it, it would succeed and change the world. That's how I measure the potential of ventures."

I : "I'll keep that in mind. Actually I have an idea like you described, and now i'm sure it would succeed, haha. Well, as a person who wants to participate in IT business, I want to hear your expectation of IT business."

Sean : "Sorry, I just can't tell you. 10 years ago, I didn't know the existence of Google, and surely there wasn't a Facebook. Nobody has expected the advent of smartphone, development of Google or Microsoft's suffering. Leaving an expectation of IT industry is like leaving a laughing stock, so I won't leave it. All I can tell you is that it is an ocean of myriads of opportunities. So come here, grab them and get succeeded. I'm sure you can do it."

I : "I think I asked a stupid question. Um, I think we must got to go now, it's so late. Thank you for all the advises and the answers."

Sean : "You're welcome. I hope you be a cool entrepreneur. Bye"