As you allude to I think it's unfair to call him a personality. He has experience in most of he skills important when starting companies or other projects. Organisational skills in terms of starting, scaling and selling companies. Social skills of running a popular podcast and being an angel investor. And business skills from being a venture capitalist.
I don't particularly like the values of Silicon Valley nor the, although less importantly and to some extent perceived, values of Kevin Rose. But I even more dislike how those values seem to change arbitrarily. In my book experience counts. I think he, or really his career, is a way better role model for entrepreneurs than today's ivy league graduated, accelerator backed, acqui-hired one.
By far the deciding factor in doing things you like seem to be if you at one point had or took the opportunity to get out of your comfort zone enough to acquire the skills necessary for it. I think those kind of skills are worthwhile to value. Even if it's only simple versions of them like organizing an event, talking on camera or writing contracts.
I don't particularly like the values of Silicon Valley nor the, although less importantly and to some extent perceived, values of Kevin Rose. But I even more dislike how those values seem to change arbitrarily. In my book experience counts. I think he, or really his career, is a way better role model for entrepreneurs than today's ivy league graduated, accelerator backed, acqui-hired one.
By far the deciding factor in doing things you like seem to be if you at one point had or took the opportunity to get out of your comfort zone enough to acquire the skills necessary for it. I think those kind of skills are worthwhile to value. Even if it's only simple versions of them like organizing an event, talking on camera or writing contracts.