And So The Idea Was, Well Maybe

I Enjoyed High School And College, And I Think I Learned A Lot, But That Was Not Really My Focus. My Focus Was On Trying To Figure Out What Businesses To Start

I Think What People Love About The Steve Jobs Story Is Not Just The Track Record At Apple, But That Comeback Story, That He Was Thrown Out Of Apple, Came Back And Built The Company Even Greater. And That Perseverance Is So Important In Terms Of Entrepreneurship. And Nobody Is A Better Role Model For That, For All Entrepreneurs All Over The World Than Steve Jobs.

I Was A Better Builder Than A Manager. I'd Rather Focus On Maximizing The Opportunities Swinging For The Fences Than Minimizing The Risk With Bunts And Singles.

And So The Idea Was, Well Maybe You Can Take An Atari Video Game Machine, Where People Plug In A Game Cartridge, And Plug In A Modem, And Tie That Into A Telephone, And Essentially Turn That Game In The Machine Into An Interactive Terminal.

Today, National Geographic Has A Membership Side With A Magazine And Some Television Side, And They Generate About A Billion Dollars In Revenue, And They're Profitable. And So At The End Of The Year They Have Some Bottom Line Profit Which They Can Then Reinvest, Because They're Running It As A Not-for-profit In Charitable Endeavors.