Richard Woolcott

About Richard

• He'd been training to become a professional surfer when he fell and broke his neck.
• The accident took him out of the surfing circuit, but he knew he still wanted to be involved in the industry.
• He'd already had a business sense, so he took that, his knowledge of the surf industry, and his competitive impulse, and started Volcom.
• They knew what they wanted the company to be, but when it came to the technical aspects of production, they essentially just faked it until they made it.
• When asked what he would've done if Volcom hadn't succeeded, he says, "there was a never a day I thought Volcom was gonna fail."
• Even when they were trying to get the business off the ground and losing money, he still had faith in his vision.
• Says that while it was great to have his parents' support, at the end of the day, you can't be living for anybody else.
• He warns that what you like doing now might not be what you like doing in five or 10 years, but says that evolution in thought is "the beauty of life."