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 Slip.stream to $20M in revenue. Along the way, he's worked with brands like Nike, Coca-Cola, and IKEA at agencies like Ogilvy and Mother.

 

Carson's approach is simple: the best ideas usually sound 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.