lawrence

July 29th, 2007 at 2:30 pm

branson is a good choice, russel simmons is another possibly choice i’d wanna chat with.

basically i’d like to chat with any successful entrepreneur who built themselves up; not someone who’s a part of the lucky sperm club.

David Askaripour

July 29th, 2007 at 2:31 pm

Russel Simmons, good one! I like that dude.

Michael

July 29th, 2007 at 2:49 pm

Mark Shuttleworth - He is a South African entrepreneur and the first African in space. He now lives a humble life and invests his money into worthwhile projects.

David Askaripour

July 29th, 2007 at 2:57 pm

Hey Michael. Cool, I never heard of Mark Shuttleworth. I’ll have to read up on him

Patrick

July 29th, 2007 at 3:12 pm

I’d put Diddy up there as high as anyone, just because I’m such a huge fan.

Entrepreneur » Entrepreneur July 29, 2007 3:26 pm

July 29th, 2007 at 3:31 pm

[...] Which Entrepreneur Would You Spend Your 15 Minutes With? If you had 15 minutes to kick back and chat with any entrepreneur in the world, who would it be and why? For me, I?m going with Sir Richard Branson. Why, because the dude is just so damn chill! Branson built his empire, literally, … [...]

David Askaripour

July 29th, 2007 at 4:12 pm

P.Diddy, yeah def! He’s really doing big things. I’ve always been impressed with him as an entrepreneur — not so much as an rapper, though.. hehe…

Graham Lutz, The Young Capitalist

July 29th, 2007 at 4:43 pm

Personally, I’d pick someone like john Chow or the problogger right now. That would probably be different if you asked me this time next year though.

David Askaripour

July 29th, 2007 at 4:59 pm

I chilled w/ Problogger, Darren Rowse, at a party he threw in the city. Cool dude.

Jon Speer

July 29th, 2007 at 11:15 pm

I think all the suggestions are great. Personally, I would choose entrepreneurs that are more realistic and within my industry of medical devices. I’m extremely fortunate to have worked for a number of successful entrepreneurs during my career. I hope that I continue to have these opportunities. One entrepreneur in my industry that I would love to spend some time with is Bill Cook. I spent the greater part of my career working for Cook, Inc.–a company founded by Mr. Cook. However, I never had an opportunity to chat with him.

Adam Teece

July 30th, 2007 at 5:07 am

I would definitely have to go with Tim Ferriss. Actually I am going to try to meat up with him within a year of my getting out of the Navy. I really like his book, The 4-Hour Work Week, and I have been in touch with him a couple of time over e-mail. He is a very down to earth guy, but he does a lot of amazing things.

David Askaripour

July 30th, 2007 at 9:14 am

Hey Adam, yeah I keep on hearing about how good that book is.. I might just have to read it Hope that the navy is treating you well.

Graham Lutz, The Young Capitalist

July 30th, 2007 at 11:04 am

That book really is fantastic. I walked into Barnes & Noble and thought I’d read the first chapter….I read 2/3 of the book sitting right there! I couldn’t put it down. Then I just about wet myself when John Chow was giving away a signed copy…I didn’t win it though.

Robin Malau

July 30th, 2007 at 10:09 pm

I can imagine, Sir Richard must be great to hang out with. I believe he’s THE DUDE. Hey, is that Mariah Carey?

Dechef Richo

August 1st, 2007 at 9:59 am

I think this guy behind UBUNTU linux , called shuttleworth . That guy is no joke , he started from a garage just like most of us here . I would love to him ASAP .

Michael

August 1st, 2007 at 10:30 am

Thats the guy. He made secure SSL certificates at his company Thawte. Second self-funded space tourist. Set up HBD Venture Capital and the Shuttleworth Foundation. Set up Canonical which is the company behind Ubuntu Linux, the most popular distro of Linux. Mark is my role model.