Nolan Bushnell Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I had an awful lot of my soul invested in Atari culture.”

“I basically look at PR as something you do if there's an object in mind. But my ego doesn't need it.”

“I hate 'Mafia Wars'.”

“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.”

“The truly creative people tend to be outliers.”

“I'm the only one who was predicting the Nintendo Wii would beat Sony's PlayStation 3.”

“Atari showed that young people could start big companies. Without that example it would have been harder for Jobs and Bill Gates, and people who came after them, to do what they did.”

“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.”

“A good interviewer is able to ferret out what the applicant is really passionate about. Ask them what they do for fun, what they're reading, try and find out if they have a life outside of work.”

“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.”