Give the Samwer brothers a break

While the whiz kids of Germany, the Internet entrepreneur trio of Samwer brothers have been wildly successful in starting, building, and selling more than 5 Internet companies over the past 15-18 years, they have continued to receive negative headlines because of their lack of comfort in speaking with media, public interviews, etc.

I agree that when they attend events like the annual IdeaLab conference, and other events around the world, they are expected to engage and speak with many colleagues, fellow entrepreneurs, and others in the same tech world. I believe it is a duty, to an extent, to "share" wisdom, experience, and knowledge with community once people have become successful as a method of good karma, and giving back to society. At the same time, I respect that many people - and no offense here because I am an engineer by education - but many of my strong techie friends and colleagues are not very socially comfortable. Their comfort zone is not in front of a camera, in front of a large group of people, or even meeting with shareholders for that matter. And so in many cases they prefer not to waste their time on things that are of not much interest. Rather, they love sticking to what they know and love, which is of course, creating, building, tweaking, and launching new and exciting tech ventures where they can get lost in the projects.

More power to 'em. Stick to what you love !

http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/10/14/oliver-samwer-walks-out-of-an-interview-with-techcrunch/