You don’t need anyone’s approval and in fact, you probably won’t get it, so don’t even try. Build, release and iterate.
-Kevin Rose
Kevin Rose started out as a programmer for various .com companies in the tech boom of the early 2000’s. He began working at Tech TV in 2002 and became a co-host of a show called The Screen Savers in 2003. In 2004 he became an entrepreneur when he started Digg, a famous social news website. In 2005 he got into podcasting when he and Alex Albrecht created Diggnation, a podcast highlighting popular news from the week posted on Digg. After years of angel investing he became a venture capitalist at Google in 2012 when they acquired Milk, another one of his startups.
Here’s Kevin on the Tim Ferriss Show podcast:
Kevin Rose’s Background
Picking successful startups as an angel investor/venture capitalist
What he looks for in startups (Twitter)
An example of a startup he picked that others may have overlooked (Nextdoor)
The worst job he’s ever had
An example of somebody he thinks is successful
Fear
Meditation
Being direct
Honesty, even if it makes you uncomfortable
Original ideas
Finding someone that pushes you