Nolan Bushnell Quotes

A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

The true entrepreneur is a doer

If you're willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create your own luck

Creativity in life is about saying yes to new ideas.

The best ideas lose their owners and take on lives of their own.

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.

Any business that does not innovate will fail over time.

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.

Innovation is hard. It really is. Because most people don't get it. Remember, the automobile, the airplane, the telephone, these were all considered toys at their introduction because they had no constituency. They were too new.

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.

One of the big concerns I have is that most of the HR departments in a lot of companies are hiring away from creativity and they don't know it. For instance, they are requiring everybody to have a college degree. The most creative people I know couldn't deal with college.

Radical innovation is difficult to fund. It seems scary. And the really radical things seem even more scary.

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.

People can buy a bottle of gin and drink it at home for about a buck a drink, whereas they are willing to go to a bar and pay 12 bucks for the same cocktail. The difference is that man needs to be social. So I believe that there is a strong demand for games that are social.

I guess I'd like to be known for being an innovator, fostering creativity, thinking outside the box. You know, keeping people playful.

I appreciate the fact that technology and games are a big part of life.

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

You wanna build your IQ higher in the next two years? Be uncomfortable. That means, learn something where you have a beginner's mind.

Every company needs to have a skunkworks, to try things that have a high probability of failing. You try to minimize failure, but at the same time, if you're not willing to try things that are inherently risky, you're not going to make progress.

People like secrets. Creative people really like secrets.

If you really want you people to innovate, buy a science fiction book, tear off the covers, and tell them it's history.

My sweet spot is figuring out how to make a product that people love and how to refine it to make them love it more. All the rest is business noise.