SurfMerchants

John Hsu

Managing Partner

Super Powers: Product Development, Interface Design, Business Strategy and the ability to make large stacks of poker chips vanish virtually instantly.

Dark Secret: For two years, I used to carve up dead people late at night ... then left med school to become a rock star instead (the theory being I would kill fewer people being a bad musician than being a bad doctor ... jury's still out on that one).

Favorite Things: Edward Scissorhands, Blade Runner, Prince, Lyle Lovett, Pedro Martinez, creme brulee, Slate.com, pug dogs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, purple states, fantasy football and watching my kids Neva and Roger slam their tricycles into my car ... on purpose.

Official Motto: "Our life is our art" — John Lennon