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GoPro Inc CEO Says Failure, Competition Motivate Him

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Mark Melin
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GoPro founder and Chief Executive Officer Nick Woodman says it’s important for a start-up to never lose its start-up mentality and recognizes the stock price will go up and down, but focusing on executing on a vision is most important.

In an interview with Bloomberg West’s Emily Chang, Woodman, clad in a business suit and tie while on the West Coast, spoke of the dedication it took to succeed with GoPro after having experienced several failures.

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Woodman says at an early age he dedicated himself to being successful, but had several failures before achieving his ultimate dream. ...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.