Nolan Bushnell minor equity stake in Apple. Nolan remarked, "Steve asked me if I would put $50,000 in and he would give me a third of the company. I was so smart, I said no. It's kind of fun to think about that, when I'm not crying." By 1976, Atari was in the midst of developing the Atari VCS (Video Computer System, later renamed the Atari 2600), but Bushnell realized that if the company was going to grow, it needed capital, and with the stock market in a bleak condition, going public would not be the solution. He made a list of
Nolan Bushnell is also one of the founders of Modal VR a company that develops a portable large-scale VR system for enterprises to train e.g. security forces. Nolan is on the advisory board of Anti-AgingGames.com and was a Co-Founder of the company, featuring online memory, concentration, and focus games for healthy people over 35. Bushnell's most recent company is BrainRush, a company that uses video game technology in educational software where he is Founder, CEO and Chairman. The company was venture capital funded in 2012. It is based on the idea that many curriculum lessons can be turned into mini-games. Developers can