Paul Allen
Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allenis an American businessman, philanthropist, investor, musician, and innovator, best known as the co-founder of Microsoft, alongside Bill Gates. As of March 2016, he was estimated to be the 45th richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $17.7 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth21 January 1953
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
basically bearing cable focused position sold television
We've basically sold our position in USAI, ... We're very much focused on bearing down on cable and interactive television.
actions broad comment further premature terms
What we're doing here in very broad terms is outlining the actions we're going to take. It's premature for us to try to comment further at this point.
affect case feels turned
It's one of those psychological things that may or may not affect people. This year, and I've said this before, it just feels like a different year, and that turned out to be the case today.
ibm software version
Probably working on some version of software for the IBM PC.
connected future helped saw wired
Over 20 years ago, even before I helped to co-found Microsoft, I saw a connected future...I called that future 'the wired world,'
coaches enjoy fans franchise great national
I think it's fantastic. It's great to be part of a franchise and have the players, coaches and fans see that national recognition and enjoy it.
chemistry early feels felt players season sudden
All of a sudden the chemistry is different. It feels like a different year. I told the players that very early in the season -- it just felt like a different year.
astronaut attempt major next privately send space step
Our attempt to send the first privately funded astronaut into suborbital space will be the next step in that process. If successful, it will be a major milestone in private space exploration.
finally investing wired
By investing into Marcus Cable, I will finally have some wires for my wired world.
behavioral doctors full health maybe records
Our behavioral health records are appropriate for some doctors to see, but maybe not the nurse, but a psychiatrist would have full access,
emptiness feeling incredible missed
There's an incredible feeling of emptiness and missed opportunity.
hump talk team
I think we got over the hump today. I told the team we don't have to talk about 1984 anymore.
eventually maintained updated
I think eventually we would have evaluated and updated all our systems, but Y2K got us started early, and we maintained that foundation,
bowl gut hoping last seem super win year
I was at the Super Bowl last year just hoping that one day we'd be able to get there. I may seem like a mild-mannered guy, but my gut was churning inside: 'Let's win this game. Just win this game. We've got to win this game.