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How much do you know about Atari's founding and early days?
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How much do you know about Atari's founding and early days?

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Who founded Atari with an initial investment of $250 each?

  • Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney (correct)
  • Cynthia Villanueva and Al Alcorn
  • Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
  • Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin
  • What was the name of the toy that Nolan Bushnell adapted into a coin machine?

  • Chess
  • Checkers
  • Pinball
  • Ping-pong (correct)
  • What was the size of Atari's first office?

  • 1,000 square feet (correct)
  • 2,000 square feet
  • 3,000 square feet
  • 4,000 square feet
  • Who was Atari's first full-time employee?

    <p>Cynthia Villanueva</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the role of Al Alcorn at Atari?

    <p>VP of Engineering</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Bushnell and Dabney do to create a steadier income base for the company?

    <p>Started a pinball route</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How fast did Atari grow into an entertainment giant?

    <p>$2 billion a year within ten years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Villanueva do as Atari's first full-time employee?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Alcorn learn to repair televisions?

    <p>By taking an RCA correspondence course in high school</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the job offer from Bushnell to Alcorn include?

    <p>A chance to own stock in the company and a company car.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    • Nolan Bushnell adapted a toy for playing ping-pong on TV into a coin machine and called it Pong.
    • Atari was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney with an initial investment of $250 each.
    • Atari grew into a $2-billion-a-year entertainment giant within ten years, making it the fastest-growing company in US history.
    • Atari's first office was a crude 1,000-square-foot space in an inexpensive concrete building, made to house start-up companies.
    • Bushnell and Dabney started a pinball route to create a steadier income base for the company.
    • Cynthia Villanueva, a 17-year-old who used to babysit Bushnell's children, was Atari's first full-time employee.
    • Villanueva was called upon to do everything from answering telephones to building electronic components and placing parts in cabinets.
    • Al Alcorn was Atari's second employee, hired as the VP of engineering or sort of, VP of R & D.
    • Alcorn was gifted in electronics and had learned how to repair televisions by taking an RCA correspondence course in high school.
    • Alcorn accepted the job offer from Bushnell, which included a chance to own stock in the company and a company car.

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