Any Business That Does Not Innovate Will

Every Company Needs To Have A Skunkworks, To Try Things That Have A High Probability Of Failing. You Try To Minimize Failure, But At The Same Time, If You're Not Willing To Try Things That Are Inherently Risky, You're Not Going To Make Progress.

Today, Companies Have To Radically Revolutionize Themselves Every Few Years Just To Stay Relevant. That's Because Technology And The Internet Have Transformed The Business Landscape Forever. The Fast-paced Digital Age Has Accelerated The Need For Companies To Become Agile.

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.

In 1980, Atari Was Bringing In Around Two Billion Dollars In Revenue And Chuck E. Cheese's Some Five Hundred Million. I Still Didn't Feel Too Bad That I Had Turned Down A One-third Ownership Of Apple - Although I Was Beginning To Think It Might Turn Out To Be A Mistake.

'grand Theft Auto', In Its Deification Of Antisocial Behavior, Is Where I Heap The Most Of My Scorn.