Nick Baum is the CEO and Co-Founder of StoryWorth, the easiest way to privately record family stories. Nick initially built StoryWorth as a personal project to preserve his parents’ stories for generations to come, and found out that many other families wanted to do the same! Prior to StoryWorth, Nick was a Software Engineer and Product Manager at Google, where he worked on Chrome, Android and Google Reader among others. He also served as the Designer-in-Residence at Felicis Ventures. He graduated from Dartmouth College, grew up in Paris, and is a dual citizen of the US and Sweden. He resides in foggy San Francisco with his wife Krista and their son Erik.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Nick’s Peers
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I think the biggest difference from when you go from being an employee to an entrepreneur is when suddenly there’s no backup, it really comes down to you and your decision and your vision of what the business is going to be”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days Book by Jessica LivingstonFavourite Quote:
“I am a firm believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it”
Recommended Online Resources:
Medium – a place to read, write, and interact with the stories that matter most to you
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Do something you care about, so don’t do entrepreneurship because you find it exciting to be a founder or that you want to get really wealthy because you’re going to sell a company for a lot of money because the reality of entrepreneurship is that it is probably one of the hardest career paths that you can choose and it’s also one of the most rewarding ones”…[Listen for More]
More About Nick Baum:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Never give up on someone. Sometimes the answers you are looking for are the same answers another person is looking for. Two people searching together are always better than one person alone.” Shannon L. Alder
Other Quotes From the Chat with Nick Baum:
- “Don’t ask yourself too many questions about what is the big first step I can take”
- “Find the smallest possible way that you can prototype your idea and test it and do a really basic version of it so you can gain the confidence that you’re ready to take that step”
- “Part of success I think is just sticking around long enough that your business has a chance to find the right path forward”
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