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

Selling Atari when I did - I think that's my biggest regret. And I probably should have gotten back heavily into the games business in the late Eighties. But I was operating under this theory at the time that the way to have an interesting life was to reinvent yourself every five or six years.

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I want to fix education in the world. As soon as I work on that, I am going to work on world hunger and then world peace.

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Everybody believes in innovation until they see it. Then they think, 'Oh, no; that'll never work. It's too different.'

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A lot of what is wrong with corporate America has to do with a culture filled with antibodies trained to expel anything different. HR departments often want cookie cutter employees, which inevitably results in cookie cutter solutions.

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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.

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Sometimes when you hire people who have to pass a Mr. Congeniality test, you end up losing some of the non-conformists who will give you different views and perspectives.

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

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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.

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I think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a unique and powerful way.

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