Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Young Master from the Silicon Valley in Berlin

Interesting article about a 21 year old "Wunderkind" from the Silicon Valley. He founded Kiip (an advertising platform) and was in Berlin for the Social Gaming Summit last week. I thought he is very smart and made some interesting observations/comments in this interview
  • Silicon Valley doesn't really recognize that other places have interesting startup tech scenes as well. They simply consider themselves still the center of the tech world, so far it's still deserved but you have to keep working for it.
  • Trying to do everything yourself: Know your strenghts and use them instead of focusing to improve your weaknesses
  • "You can't judge a fish by how he climbs a tree". It's a citation from Einstein but anyway to cite that in an interview with 21. Impressive! ... and it is true
  • "If the vision is strong enough, naturally driven people will devote their time, energy and their heart into something they care about as well." ... that is something that every company should care about. Do you really care about the things you do everyday ... passionately? If you do you're on the right track. If you don't ... keep searching