We're moving away from a credentialed society to a merit society.

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

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

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

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.

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.

The subtle generational cues that make one thing cool and another uncool aren't always obvious to a parent. My children are my dinner-table sounding board. I've come up with some wonderful ideas that they universally dismissed as 'lame.'