Entrepreneur Shot During Beta Testing

It's true.  Look at the picture.

You know you are a true entreprenuer when you are willing to take a bullet for your product.  The man in the photo, a bullet proof vest maker, is.  This is a great photo.  If I had a higher quality copy, I'd give it to every entrepreneur I've worked with.

Bonus question:  Which silicon valley restaurant used to display this picture prominently?  For some reason they moved it a few years ago.  Luckily a friend had taken the photo for me. 

Thanks Linus, thanks Anna.

Update:  Click on the image for a larger view of the photo

Comments

[Mae]

Could you possibly make the photo downloadable? Thanks Baris.

[Mae]

Could you possibly make the photo downloadable? Thanks Baris.

[Cem Sertoglu]

Buck's?

[Baris Karadogan]

Mae,
Right clicking on the picture should do it. It worked for me. If it doesn't for you let me know and I'll send it to you.

[Alex Zavatone]

I'd guess Bucks in Woodside.

[optimuscrime]

http://www.innovationstrategy.gc.ca/gol/innovation/stories.nsf/veng/ss01025e.htm

I've seen the video described -- I think it used to be on their website. It shows Peter Fabian, the company's CEO, standing behind a pane of glass coated with the company's security laminate. They fire a gun at the glass. It doesn't break; the CEO chuckles and walks away.

[Visible.Mobi]

He must have been VERY confident about his product !

[Brajeshwar]

Cool, I didn't realize that clicking the photo above goes to the original bigger photo. Baris, is that photo on your Home's wall?

[Jarin Udom]

I would *love* if someone could get a scan of this

[BK]

Yes, the right answer is indeed Bucks!

[MrHelweg]

I thought this picture was great. If only entrepreneurs today would be so confident of the products they sell. If anyone is interested, I cleaned up the picture and placed it on my site to download at www.411webdesign.net/clean.gif

[Greg]

AMAZING! :D

[Judith]

You need real confidence in what you have created to *LITERALLY* stand behind your product like that

Inspiration to all of us I'd think - don't just be passionate - believe.

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http://www.madspace.co.uk

[Tom]

According to the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center's Selection and Application Guide to Personal Body Armor (PDF link) (TXT file link):

"One of the first documented instances where such a vest was demonstrated for use by law enforcement officers is detailed in the April 2, 1931, edition of the Washington, D.C., Evening Star, which reported on a vest demonstration for members of the Metropolitan Police Department."

(Note: the text from this publication seems to have been used in a number of other online ventures, from body armor websites to about.com entries.)

I don't know if that means that the photo isn't of an entrepreneur, but you should be able to get an original of the image and article in a news archive of the Evening Star.

[Nicolas Webb]

That's awesome. There's another product that has been tested similar to this - and it's quite new.

SawStop

Apparently - the guy really did test this on himself. Scary.

[Tim]

Fantastic picture...I'm going to pass that around the office. Keep it coming. coolest guy on the planet

[Raj]

Nice Picture :)

[VentureBlogster]

I bumped into this site from Digg.com. That picture you have on your site is really neat! I love the fact that entrepreneurs are willing to give up their lives for a product that they created/invented!

There are many entrepreneurs that I feature on a site that I like to promote: http://ventureBlogster.com. Just like your picture, people on this site make sacrifices to get their product to market.