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
I had to do something or the horses would have broken their legs.
I never take anything personally. If they don't respond, I figure it's because of what's going on in their own life; they're preoccupied. I just try to help them with what I can.
I'm not telling people not to give to Katrina, because God knows they need it, ... But we're going to be asking them to help our needs locally. We are always going to have a segment of our population that's going to need our help.
It was hit or miss throughout the day.
I was 16 years old, and I was just flailing around, looking for an interest. I heard, you know, these jazz records. They were modern records, at the time in the '50s, and I realized that I didn't fully get what was going on. But I liked a lot of what I heard.
I want to keep doing as much work as I can, and I want to keep the level high. I'm wondering if something is going to happen to me to screw it up.
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.
Instant replay ought to be thrown out. Period. It's a game of imperfections. Why is that so bad for the game? Really, I think they are trying to make the game perfect. I'll tell you what: It will never, ever be perfect.
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.