Paul Allen
Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allenis an American businessman, philanthropist, investor, musician, and innovator, best known as the co-founder of Microsoft, alongside Bill Gates. As of March 2016, he was estimated to be the 45th richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $17.7 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth21 January 1953
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
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There should be a four-foot rule between you people and Paul Allen.
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It's just so rewarding and heartwarming, and I was really touched. And there were a lot of people up there saying thank you and that kind of got to me, actually.
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Whenever you advance to the Super Bowl after a period of not having success in the playoffs, you think about that as a potential springboard for the future. I think we've got great people in the front office and great players on the team. I told them that. Let's keep it together and keep going next year.
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I do think the Vikings will act quickly because there are many openings and a few candidates out there who, in the estimation of people who work in the NFL, really make a difference.
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With documentary-film projects, you hope you highlight an area of concern people haven't thought about before. A lot of times, I'm asking myself - 'This seems to be a significant problem. What can be done that hasn't been done?
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In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.
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Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time.
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In the computer industry, you've got an interdisciplinary team of people who can come together, attack the problem, and work in a collaborative style. You knock down one problem after another, cobble things together, and then hopefully turn the crank at some point.
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I was in a town of about 10,000 people, and a shipping container with a rusty microscope was their medical clinic.
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What's happened so far has exceeded my expectations.
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I've really enjoyed being the owner of the Trail Blazers. I've tried hard to bring the city a championship. Now we are in a tough rebuilding process with a broken financial model. We have asked for help in fixing it. If I have to sell the team or if it can't continue, that will be sad.
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There's a good chance of getting my original investment paid back, ... That's pretty amazing.
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Probably working on some version of software for the IBM PC.
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Operating revenues from the Rose Garden -- including all the revenues from suites, club seats, concessions and other sources -- had become insufficient to pay the heavy debt burden, due, in large part, to declining attendance.