Will Harvey
Will Harvey
Will Harveyis a software developer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. At the age of 15 he wrote Music Construction Setfor the Apple II, the first commercial sheet music processor for home computers. Music Construction Set was ported to other systems by its publisher, Electronic Arts. He wrote two games for the Apple IIgs: Zany Golfand The Immortal. Harvey founded two consumer virtual world Internet companies: IMVU, an instant messaging company, and There, Inc., an MMOG company...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
In the past year, sellers would put up the price, and there would be three people who wanted to buy at or above the asking price. That kind of demand has really shut down recently.
If you wrestle a tough team tough it makes you a better wrestler. I think we did that.
I get a lot of comments from people that I'm just an ordinary bloke. They immediately feel they have a closer relationship with you; they relate to you.
I guess there's an element of self-loathing there,
If there is something to worry about, my mind has a tendency to worry about it. That can cut two ways. It can really keep you on the ball, but if you worry about every little thing, it's not a good use of time and energy.
I frankly think every one of them who's responsible ... should do hard time for their crimes,
If you do genuinely care about people and love them a little, eventually you all have this common goal about where you want to go. They see it, and they believe it, and they become believers with you, and you can achieve wonderful things.
If you are a manufacturer, an Internet company doesn't suit you. An Internet company does not display your product; it can't upsell. But we do a better job than any of the opposition.
If you look at the record, at how the U.S. has weathered shocks, we have a very, very resilient economy. Initial conditions matter.
In this case, it's a stealth bull market. You can make money buying stocks of good, understandable businesses -- good being defined as good balance sheets, good rates of growth, good management, no off-balance-sheet financing. No nonsense.
When people talk about successful retailers and those that are not so successful, the customer determines at the end of the day who is successful and for what reason.
I went to university for a couple of years and I didn't enjoy university. The studying and the accountancy, economics, I just hated that stuff. Now the irony is here I am lawyer, accountant, I do it all day every day and sit at a desk. So I've never ended up where I wanted to be in many ways. I always wanted to be a farmer.
Businesses are made by people. We've proven time and time again that you can have wonderful shop, and put a bloke in there who's no good, and he'll stuff it up. Put a good bloke in, and it just turns around like that .
Basically we get confused a bit about what retail is. It is really just buying things, putting them on a floor and selling them.