Nolan Bushnell
Nolan Bushnell
Nolan Kay Bushnellis an American engineer and entrepreneur who founded both Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain. Bushnell has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News “Innovator of the Year” award, and was named one of Newsweek's "50 Men Who Changed America." Bushnell has started more than twenty companies and is one of the founding fathers of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth5 February 1943
CityClearfield, UT
CountryUnited States of America
I just want the future to happen faster. I can't imagine the future without robots.
Today, companies have to radically revolutionize themselves every few years just to stay relevant. That's because technology and the Internet have transformed the business landscape forever. The fast-paced digital age has accelerated the need for companies to become agile.
I must confess I've always had a couple of pinball machines in my home and really have enjoyed some of the old classics, like Fireball.
If you're willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create your own luck
Creativity is every company's first driver. It's where everything starts, where energy and forward motion originate. Without that first charge of creativity, nothing else can take place.
Video games in some ways are too powerful, they have too much resonance with kids. And it's very easy to overdose on video games and to let the outside world go by.
I basically look at PR as something you do if there's an object in mind. But my ego doesn't need it.
When you're building something, you know all of the trade-offs...
I try to get a vision of the future, and then I try to figure out where the discontinuities are.
A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if you’re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck.
The true entreprenuer is a doer,not a dreamer.
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.
The best ideas lose their owners and take on lives of their own.
Creativity in life is about saying yes to new ideas.