Bing Gordon
Bing Gordon
Not to be confused with the character from Little Britain USA...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
believe book character
I believe in books. I believe more in cross-media - how characters are adapting across mediums.
jobs ceo company
Your job as CEO is to be the fastest person of the company.
innovation may genius
Genius may be born, but innovation can be learned.
thinking years careers
The number one piece of advice I would share is to recruit a mentor. Find someone you admire who is at least one generation older, and has no direct authority over you. Lack of context and perspective can cost you months and years--with a bad career choice, an unwise relocation, short-term negotiating posture, and, generally speaking, sophomoric thinking.
atari fell five games great outcast recession time until
The 1980s was a time of the great recession of interactive entertainment. When Atari fell in 1982, until Nintendo launched its console, video games were an outcast for five years.
school jail digital
For digital natives, public schools are jails
people achievement levels
If you dont measure yourself by achievement, how are you going to set achievement levels for other people?
views point-of-view multiple
I'm a huge believer in learning anything from multiple points of view.
sports school government
I ran the high school newspaper and was in student government. I played sports my whole life but was never picked as captain.
asking-questions firsts first-time
The first time I had a secretary, I was sheepish about being demanding or even asking questions.
air transition bigs
In any business that grows big on one business model, transitions can throw everything in the air.
today social site
The potential for social commerce today is “infinite”… Every ecommerce site will have to adapt
important social mobile
Gamification is as important as social and mobile.*
new-normal should ceo
Every startup CEO should understand Gamification, because gaming is the new normal.