Living at the Speed of Play
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I'm Rufus Griscom and this is the next big idea. You may not know the name Mark Pinkus, but I bet you know some of the companies he's founded. First there was Freeloader back in the 1990s, which pioneered push technology. Then came support.com, which went public at a$1.5 billion valuation. And finally, Zinga, the social gaming juggernaut behind Farmville.
And words with friends. At its peak, Zynga accounted for twenty percent of Facebook's page views. and ten percent of its revenue. Today we're cracking open Mark's new book. Life at the speed of play.
It's about the 30 years he spent building products that people love. We get into the struggles. You know I back anything you do, but I just have a tough time believing that you're gonna like really engage in work. You're too old, you know, you're
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