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Tag: video-games

Electronic Arts: Venture Capital Bets That Game Creators Could Become Software Stars

Trip Hawkins self-funded Electronic Arts before Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and Sevin Rosen invested $2 million in a publisher built around treating software creators like entertainment talent.

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Atari and Pong: Investing in Software Entertainment Before the Home-Computer Boom

Atari reinvested early game profits, built Pong itself when established manufacturers hesitated, and proved that software-driven electronic entertainment could support a new industry.

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