Before I kick the bucket I want to…

Meet my role models

• Jim Collins (smartest mind about building a lasting, great company and life, in Boulder)
• Jason Fried & David Hennemier Hanson (founders of 37signals, one of my favorite companies)
• Bob Parsons (one of my first tech role models, love his 16 rules and how he goes about his life not answering to anyone doing whatever the hell he wants)
• Kathy Sierra (great blogger, lives in Boulder)
• Gary Vaynerchuk (needs no explanation, love his thoughts on thanking customers, etc)
• Chris Lyman (used to write one of the best blogs ever, former Fonality CEO)
• Marc Benioff
• Derek Sivers (role model)
• Brian Clark (amazing small biz owner, great mind, in Denver)
• Sonia Simone (Brian Clark’s business partner, smart marketer, in Denver)
• Ke$ha (A music bootstrapper. Flat broke to stardom. Unique. “Hopefully I can inspire you guys to give the finger to the cynics and fucking be yourself”)
• Carrie Underwood (what’s it like going from average to superstar?)
• Taylor Swift (obscessed with her for a little while)
• Britney Spears (genius entertainer, role model, would be really interesting to talk with her)
• Paris Hilton (genius marketer, role model)
• Ayn Rand (wish she was still alive)
• Peter Thiel (founder of PayPal, tech investor, major proponent of seasteading)

Have Some Fun

• Attend Summit Series
• Ski in Europe
• Heli Ski w/ my Dad & Brother
• Ski the Southern Hemisphere
• Sky Dive
• Bungee Jump
• Attend a NASCAR race & tailgate in an RV
• Attend a Packers game & tailgate in the parking lot
• 2nd home in Crested Butte

Visit

• Thailand
• New Zealand
• Australia
• China
• Hong Kong
• Every state in the USA
• Space

Accomplish:

• Start a “real” startup (2004)
• Graduate college (2006)
• Make the transition from self-employed to business-owner. (You know you’re a true business-owner when you can leave your business for a year, and come back to find it’s doing much better than when you left. - Derek)
• Find the perfect woman
• Have a family as awesome as mine
• Find true happiness
• Pay myself market-rate
• Create enough passive income streams so I never HAVE to work again
• Be invited to speak at TED

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