Evidence receipt / commitment
Published · transcript-backedTrip Hawkins: commitment
27 May 2019 Acquired The Electronic Arts IPO (with Trip Hawkins)
““...and you better have some conviction about what you’re doing because I’m investing in you.”
Source trail
Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- Trip Hawkins
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- commitment
- Recorded
- 27 May 2019
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…I’m going to bring the fire and you’ve got to bring the fire right back. “...and you better have some conviction about what you’re doing because I’m investing in you. ” He’s basically saying, “If I’m the smartest guy in the room, then what the hell am I investing in you for?” We all know what Electronic Arts is today. It’s the second biggest gaming company in the world, like $30 billion, huge company. What was the vision in that conversation with Don when you said, “I’m thinking about leaving Apple to do this thing.” What was this thing?…
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