5 Q's - Robert Young

Here are Robert Young's, currently of GigaOm residence, answers.

1. What are you reading now or what did you last read?
I'm very partial to biographies. Just finished "When Hollywood Had a King" authored by Connie Bruck... about Lew Wasserman & MCA (now known as Universal Studios). Prior to that, I read "In All His Glory" authored by Sally Bedell Smith... about William Paley & CBS.

2. What's your best bit of advice?
For Internet entrepreneurs... view markets in a counterintuitive way. It will often show a path to disruptive innovation.

3. Half-full or half-empty?
Right now... half-full. We are at the cusp of another cycle of extreme wealth generation.

4. What's your alternative career choice?
TV producer... I admire producers who are intelligent & complex, morally-conscious, sentimental, and visionary, like Aaron Sorkin ("West Wing", "Studio 60", etc.).

5. Who would you get to play you in a movie?
Hate to say this, but probably Rob Lowe.

Thanks Robert.