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. Nolan Bushnell ataricheesechuck Change image and share on social
I never, ever, saw the evil Steve Jobs. He was always the most well-mannered and respectful guy I knew. And we got to be pretty good friends. He didn't suffer fools gladly. I guess he didn't think I was a fool. Nolan Bushnell evilfoolfriend share on social
Remember that we can only in our forebrains handle 5-7 items. Our backbrains can handle massive amounts. So when you're given a problem, think about it before you go sleep, and chances are you can solve it by the next morning. Nolan Bushnell amountbackbrainschance share on social
I had an awful lot of my soul invested in Atari culture. Nolan Bushnell atariawfulculture Change image and share on social
Innovation is hard. It really is. Because most people don't get it. Remember, the automobile, the airplane, the telephone, these were all considered toys at their introduction because they had no constituency. They were too new. Nolan Bushnell airplaneautomobileconsider share on social
Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else. Nolan Bushnell hireintensitypassion Change image and share on social
All schools will end up using game metrics in the future. Nolan Bushnell endfuturegame Change image and share on social
I believe there are Steve Jobses all around us. Really, what is happening is that they're being edited out of importance. Nolan Bushnell edithappenimportance Change image and share on social
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. Nolan Bushnell companyfailfailure share on social
