Trip Hawkins grew up at a time when there were no computers.
He loved complex sports simulation board games and since not many people could play them because they had to do complex calculations; he dreamt of a day when computers could do the calculations and the gamers could simply play.
It took him almost 15 years to make his dream come true.
He started EA and made it successful and, in the process, became a multi-millionaire.
What you could learn from this episode:
- What games he played in his childhood which helped them.
- Why his first business failed
- How he got into Apple
- How he got the idea for EA
- Why he left Apple and started EA
- Why he followed the movie industry model to Video games.
