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Nolan Bushnell: belief

15 Oct 2019 Acquired Atari (with Nolan Bushnell)

“Primarily, to freshmen, but the thing is, I would say, “Hey, I know this guy that will supply things and he's expensive,” but I charge $50 for a fake ID in those days and I'd say, “Hey, I'm taking $5, it's commission to broker this deal but I'll get it to you,” and they’d give the name and what-have-you.”

— Nolan Bushnell

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Speaker
Nolan Bushnell
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
belief
Recorded
15 Oct 2019
Publisher
Acquired

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…They wanted the money from the students. You were loaning the money to the students and then you were selling them fake IDs, that's great. Primarily, to freshmen, but the thing is, I would say, “Hey, I know this guy that will supply things and he's expensive,” but I charge $50 for a fake ID in those days and I'd say, “Hey, I'm taking $5, it's commission to broker this deal but I'll get it to you,” and they’d give the name and what-have-you. They never knew the faceless person who is actually doing the ID which is, of course, you.…

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