David Carson is an entrepreneur who's spent 20 years building products that millions of people use and talk about.

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He founded Proust, a social game that grew to 3 million users. He built Heavy.com into the largest video network for young men, with 30 million users. He scaled Slipstream Music to billions of streams. Along the way, he's worked with brands like American Express, Nike, Coca-Cola, and IKEA at agencies like Ogilvy and Mother.

 

Carson's approach is simple: the best ideas usually feel stupid at first. He talks about this in his podcast Dumbify, and he's currently building a word puzzle game called Linkle because he wished NYT Games had it.