This is really interesting. When I was in the 9th grade, I flunked 9th grade algebra. I couldn't cope with 9th grade algebra. And then I remember taking an aptitude test when I was a sophomore in high school, and they said, "You should probably consider not going to college." Then they said, "Well, what would you like to do?" |
We anticipated a slowdown in revenue momentum during this period of no new major product releases, |
We anticipated a slowdown in revenue momentum during this period of no new major product releases. |
We look at their ability to learn, how fast they are, how quick they are. And their experience. What have they done with their life? What concrete accomplishments have they made? Are they a finisher? When they start a project, can they finish the project, or do they start 20 projects and then have them all open-ended? |
We started the company out of frustration with the employer that we had because we were building great stuff and there was no way that this stuff was ever going to get into the hands of the people who could use it. |
What I try to do is factor in how people use computers, what people's problems are, and how these technologies can get applied to those problems. Then I try to direct the various product groups to act on this information. |
Without television and mass communication, that knowledge wouldn't exist. So I think it actually has the possibility of turning people into more understanding and more empathetic people. |
You can do some kind of planning, but the future is something you'll never be able to predict. If anybody had told me when I was in high school or when I was in college that I would be running a billion-dollar company, I would have told them, "You're crazy." First of all, I had no interest in business. No interest, none whatsoever. I never took a course in business. |