Post StreetSpark CEO Ant Erwin talks with IdeaMensch about what inspires him
Today StreetSpark CEO Ant Erwin was profiled by IdeaMensch - a community of people with good ideas who say their ‘impossible mission is to help anyone who wants to bring their idea to life, do it.’
Anthony was asked:
What does your typical day look like?
Every day is different. I spend a lot of time meeting and talking with people.
I meet with potential companies and individuals who are interested in forming partnerships.
I tap into my friends, advisors and new people to get their views and test my ideas and see how we can collaborate to come up with more uses for StreetSpark’s matching technology.
I’m in constant communication with my chief architect, designers, and development team to think about how we can streamline the product and make it even better, add in extra features and hooks to keep users interested and excited so they share their experiences with friends.
What I like so much about working in NYC is that people are really willing to help each other out, or to pass on intro’s where they can. I try to meet with everyone that has been intro’d to me and do my best to help other people get their idea off the ground.
3 trends that excite you?
1 - The next stage of social networking – meeting new people.
2 - Location based mobile technology.
3 - Bringing the online offline – being able to connect people for a real purpose in the real world using technology.
How do you bring ideas to life?
With a lot of thinking through the potential and the opportunities and then if it’s good enough - testing, reworking, revising, testing again and then putting it into play…so in a nutshell, with a lot of hard work!
I believe we’re in a new renaissance period in technology where ideas are flying around ever faster with a shorter incubation period so it pays to pay attention, to be tapped into what other people are doing, to collaborate, to help act as a conduit so that ideas can progress at an even faster rate.
What inspires you?
People who are true entrepreneurs – are true risk takers. Products that actually solve problems, that make me think – ‘hey, why didn’t I ever think of that?’.
Also great thinkers who were ahead of their time, who everyone thought were nuts, but in the end, they didn’t need to prove themselves – their products did.
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