Bangalore: Bored and shabby is no longer the way  for entrepreneurs as many tech founders find alternatives to relive the stress of everyday life and some of them also try a hand in the glittering fashion world outside.  The founders of Foursquare, Tumblr and Twitter smatter in modeling and buzz the fashion industry. These young and enigmatic entrepreneurs pave way for the youngsters trying to lay their hands in the fashion business and work on the note of ‘I am sexy and I know it’. Time has changed and clubbing up of various professions and personalities is not longer a surprise. You can be a computer savvy working 8-5 in a software firm and at the same time teaching salsa on weekends.

There are no hard and fast rules to turn up to a great hobby or to have a side profession. Many leading personalities turn up to modeling, politics or movies and in turn pave a new environment of work and show bizz.

David Karp: CEO Tumblr featured in J.Crew ads

The young CEO of Tumblr, David Carp is coming up in J.Crew’s advertisement.  Rather than going through the conventional way of taking professional models, the ad will feature Carp and other prominent figures like Virginie Mouzat, deputy editor of the French daily newspaper Le Figaro, and Matthew Moneypenny, CEO of image licensing agency Trunk Archive, reports Inc. Carp showed up for a Japanese apparel brand Uniqlo in 2011. Yes, there is a life outside the conventional work life, is what Karp proves.