“You wanna build your IQ higher in the next two years? Be uncomfortable. That means, learn something where you have a beginner's mind.” YearsMindMeanTwoNextHigherUncomfortableTwo YearsBeginners Author:Nolan Bushnell
“Everybody copied Atari products. So we started messing with them and it was fun. We bought enough chips that we could get them mislabeled. So we bankrupted at least two companies which copied our boards, and bought all the parts but they were the wrong parts, so they're sitting on all this inventory they can't sell because the games don't work.” TwoEnoughGamesFunCompanyProductsSittingSellsBoardsChipsInventoryAtari Author:Nolan Bushnell
“In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E. Cheese's some five hundred million. I still didn't feel too bad that I had turned down a one-third ownership of Apple - although I was beginning to think it might turn out to be a mistake.” ThinkingFeelsStillsTwoMightTurnsMistakeMillionsFiveHundredThirdsDollarsBillionsApplesOwnershipCheeseRevenueChuckTurned DownAtariChuck E Cheese Book:Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent Source: Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent
“If you don't hire at least one or two people that are smarter than you are, then you're a terrible manager and I don't need you.” PeopleIfsNeedsTwoBusinessTerribleManagersSmarterNeed YouDon't Need YouI Don't Need You Author:Nolan Bushnell
