Pursue Lofty Goals! Says The Entrepreneur Who Put Himself In Space – with Richard Garriott

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How does an entrepreneur change the video game industry and become one of the world’s first space tourists?

Richard Garriott started out by making his own games and selling them in ziplock plastic bags. He went on to launch 2 game companies: Origin Systems, which he sold to Electronic Arts in 1992, and Destination Games, which he sold to NCsoft.

Along the way, he coined the term “Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.” He recently founded a third company, which you’re going to hear about.

Richard Garriott

Richard Garriott

Richard Garriott is the entrepreneur, Space explorer, and computer game developer behind companies such as Origin and Destination Games.

 

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