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Nolan Bushnell
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Nolan Bushnell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 5
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You wanna build your IQ higher in the next two years? Be uncomfortable. That means, learn something where you have a beginner's mind.
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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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I've always been a tech-head.
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All schools will end up using game metrics in the future.
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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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I guess I'd like to be known for being an innovator, fostering creativity, thinking outside the box. You know, keeping people playful.
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We're moving away from a credentialed society to a merit society.
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I try to get a vision of the future, and then I try to figure out where the discontinuities are.
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People like secrets. Creative people really like secrets.
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Every company needs to have a skunkworks, to try things that have a high probability of failing. You try to minimize failure, but at the same time, if you're not willing to try things that are inherently risky, you're not going to make progress.
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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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When you're building something, you know all of the trade-offs.
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I'm a big believer in the Wii. I love the physicality of the Wii controller, and how you can get the feeling of throwing a bowling ball or swinging a golf club. Those are the kinds of games I really like.
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If you really want you people to innovate, buy a science fiction book, tear off the covers, and tell them it's history.
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The best ideas lose their owners and take on lives of their own.
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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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In 1989, SimCity introduced an entirely new brand of game play.
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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 think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a unique and powerful way.
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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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