Will Harvey
Will Harvey
Will Harveyis a software developer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. At the age of 15 he wrote Music Construction Setfor the Apple II, the first commercial sheet music processor for home computers. Music Construction Set was ported to other systems by its publisher, Electronic Arts. He wrote two games for the Apple IIgs: Zany Golfand The Immortal. Harvey founded two consumer virtual world Internet companies: IMVU, an instant messaging company, and There, Inc., an MMOG company...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
Unless you work in demolition, don't burn bridges.
Once you attach your personality to a proposition, people start reacting to the personality and stop reacting to the proposition.
Decide what your priorities are and how much time you'll spend on them. If you don't, someone else will.
Failure is no more fatal than success is permanent.
Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.
There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your business is no different.
It's way easier to stay in the comfort zone, especially when things are going good than to go out on a limb and take some risks. My philosophy is exactly the opposite: Sometimes it's risky not to take a risk.
Customers are the reason we open our doors every day, and keep the machines humming all night long. Customers determine what we eat, where we live, whether we stay in business.
If you want to stay youthful, stay useful.
The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Don't let ups and downs leave you down and out.
To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business.