2011년 9월 4일 일요일

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

"A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars"
Sean Parker(Justin Timberlake), The Social Network
  Whom :  Sean Parker, an IT businessman who co-founded Napster and involved in early development of Facebook. Also a rich, who has more than $1.6 billion from the facebook's stock.

  When : Not much matters, sooner will be better.

  Why : I think I have to declare that his image to me is almost from "The Social Network." So he may can be very different from that movie, and I may be mistaking him. But I will suppose he is as much cool and smart as appeared in the movie "The Social Network."
(Actually, I was bit surprised to his appearance, far different from Justin Timberlake)
(This picture is way better.)
I was totally captivated to him in the movie when he said "A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars." He was the one who exactly understood the essence of the silicon valley ventures, that one who has bigger dream wins. Mark first thought facebook as a social networking site only for university students.(Not only in the movie, but also in reality.) Now, facebook became a site with the most number of members more than 5 billions and functions as 'utility' as Mark said. Sean was the one who had the vision, could see the future and potential of the company. Most people tend to be afraid of the future and evaluate a potential as least as can. I really respect him and think highly of him due to this point. I want to learn his visions and how not be afraid of the future when starting a startup having a dinner with him. Moreover, I have a deep interest toward his life. His life is full of interesting parts from that he co-founded Napster and his education ended at high school diploma to he has been in Facebook from the beginning. The most interesting part to me, is that he didn't go to a college. Unlike other people, he didn't go to college. He refused to go to college and just founded Napster with his friends. He is very similar to me at this part. It is an open secret that I don't want to go to college. I believe there is a certain value in college education, but I think founding a company and diving into the real world would be more valuable to me. So, listening to his path of life would advise me how to live(that, at least whether go to college or not) and will be a compass to my life. More importantly, he is an expert of ventures with abound experiences of them. His Napster was may a commercial failure and immoral program, but was a milestone of music industry, changing it forever. I would be really excited hear a vivid story of ventures from the one who had founded the most famous(or, infamous) venture and is in the most famous company(Facebook) now. And actually he has many connections in silicon valley,which means he can practically help me. He's the one who introduced Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook to venture capitalists and angels.Same thing can happen to me later, so with these points I would have a dinner with Sean Parker.
  Where : at In-N-Out Burger.
Is there a guy who don't like In-N-Out burgers living in western USA? Well, might be, but he's not. He's a silicon valley guy used to eat this kind of fast food, not a fine restaurant's cuisine. Having a conversation with him eating burgers, french fries with melted cheese and cokes would be the most valuable experience to me.

Questions :
1. Sean, how does it feel to be a revolutionary? You know, you've opened the world of illegal download of music, and changed the music industry.

2. Sean, do you satisfy your decision not to go to a university? Maybe surely is because you are now such a rich, but I mean did generally your decision help you to have a better life? Will you recommend not to go to a university to other person, especially, me?

3. Sean, how could you be so sure about Facebook's success? Actually many venture starters kind of feel anxious toward the future of their ventures. Is there a measure for judging startups' potential?

4. Sean, is there a venture you are currently interested of? What venture you have seen has the best business model?

5. Sean, the conflict between Mark and Eduardo whether posting ads to Facebook or not was pretty interesting to me when I watched The Social Network. How do you think about the importance of the commercial success? Since ventures are not donations you have to think about the commerce thing. How should enterpreneur balance between the idea and the commerce?

6. Sean, people say the 10 years of IT industry is a 100 years of other industries. So it might be a fool question, but how do you think of future of IT? Many changed since the advent of smartphone, and surely no need to mention Google or Facebook. How will the structure of IT industry change, and who will be the winner of it?

7. Sean, I heard many criticisms about a current status of IT industry, that it is similar to  the dot com bubble of 20th century. How do you think of this opinion?

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