Words to live by ...
There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction ~ John F. Kennedy
Patrick Slavenburg
Co-Founder and Chief SamuraiJob description
: breaking down barriers on the web and paving the way for our great community
What does your job entail
: Every co-founder must work on multiple & often vastly different tasks. However breaking down barriers on the web so our community can find the right consumer and communicate with them is a big one. Hence the title "Samurai": visualize it as using the sword to break a path and pave the way...What do you bring to the table
: Analytical and business skills and an insane drive to succeedFavorite jewellery type
: Patek Philippe skeleton watch
Favorite gemstone
: Amethyst: especially the ones with blue and red flashes
Overall personal style
: modern Italian look
Fashion/design role model or inspiration
: Alberto Alessi
Fashion tip
: Ties should not have a little "canal" when tied
Must have for every wardrobe
: A thin polartec fleece
Guilty pleasure
: Call me girly: cho-co-late and martial arts movies
3 words describing yourself
: Energetic, intelligent, flexible
Something worth paying for
: The Tesla electric roadster: 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds
Most surprising fact about you
: Although a Samurai is supposed to be fearless, I have a fear of heights
Fondest memory
: is also the worst: had to hike for days to visit unknown ruins in north. Peru
Life's ambition
: Change the world
