When you're building something, you know all of the trade-offs.

All schools will end up using game metrics in the future.

I founded Atari in my garage in Santa Clara while at Stanford. When I was in school, I took a lot of business classes. I was really fascinated by economics. You end up having to be a marketeer, finance maven and a little bit of a technologist in order to get a business going.

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

My perception is that I'm a guy who really does a lot of homework surrounding any project that I do.

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.

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