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

Being successful is kind of dull.

In 1980, business at my company, Chuck E. Cheese's, was thriving and I was feeling flush. So I bought a very large house on the Champ de Mars in Paris, right between the Eiffel Tower and the Ecole Militaire. The home was quite amazing: At six stories, it spanned 15,000 square feet and featured marble staircases and a swimming pool in the basement.

I've been in navigation systems, robotics, restaurants, communications systems, touch screens, and now I'm back in games. I like to say I have five-year A.D.D.

I think in terms of businesses, in terms of things that are really big and marry technology with entertainment. That's where I like to spend my time.

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

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