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I've always been a tech-head.

Nolan Bushnell

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Nolan Bushnell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 5
Computer Scientist
Engineer
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Clearfield
Utah
Nolan Key Bushnell
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When it kind of went to 'Street Fighter', where you had to push 13 buttons with all 13 of your fingers and ripped the spine out of somebody, you know, violent games lost the women. Complexity lost the casual gamer.
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The truth is just an excuse for lack of imagination.
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All schools will end up using game metrics in the future.
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I founded Atari in my garage in Santa Clara while at Stanford. When I was in school, I took a lot of business classes. I was really fascinated by economics. You end up having to be a marketeer, finance maven and a little bit of a technologist in order to get a business going.
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I'd love to design a school.
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Walk to work, even if it's four miles. Ride a bike to work. Drive a different way. On your way there, try to find beauty. You'd be surprised how much more of the neighborhood you can perceive and experience when you're looking for unique spots of beauty.
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We're moving away from a credentialed society to a merit society.
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Today, companies have to radically revolutionize themselves every few years just to stay relevant. That's because technology and the Internet have transformed the business landscape forever. The fast-paced digital age has accelerated the need for companies to become agile.
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The true entrepreneur is a doer
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I must confess I've always had a couple of pinball machines in my home and really have enjoyed some of the old classics, like Fireball.
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Hire for passion and intensity there is training for everything else.
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In the early days of the video game business, everybody played. The question is, what happened? My theory - and I think it's pretty well borne out - is that in the '80s, games got gory, and that lost the women. And then they got complex, and that lost the casual gamer.
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Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
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I think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a unique and powerful way.
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I've been in navigation systems, robotics, restaurants, communications systems, touch screens, and now I'm back in games. I like to say I have five-year A.D.D.
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My perception is that I'm a guy who really does a lot of homework surrounding any project that I do.
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My sweet spot is figuring out how to make a product that people love and how to refine it to make them love it more. All the rest is business noise.
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Some of the best projects to ever come out of Atari or Chuck E. Cheese's were from high school dropouts, college dropouts. One guy had been in jail.
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People like secrets. Creative people really like secrets.
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When you're building something, you know all of the trade-offs.
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