David Perry – Bet on the Person, Not the Idea

<p><strong>BIO: </strong>David Perry was in the video game industry for over 30 years, making hits like The Matrix, Aladdin, The Terminator, and Earthworm Jim. He sold his last company to Sony PlayStation and the one before that to Atari. He’s now building a startup in e-Commerce called Carro.</p><p><strong>STORY:</strong> One of David’s top former employees started a VR company and invited him to invest. Though David believed in this employee, experiencing motion sickness while trying out the VR games made him not invest in what became a multi-billion dollar company.</p><p><strong>LEARNING:</strong> When you really believe in somebody, go ahead and support them. Bet on the person, not the idea.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><blockquote class="ql-align-center"><strong>“When you get great people, incredible things tend to happen. So when you’re betting on a CEO, bet on someone who you think can attract talent.”</strong></blockquote><blockquote class="ql-align-center">David Perry</blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Guest profile</h2><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dperry/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>David Perry</strong></a> was in the video game industry for over 30 years, making hits like The Matrix, Aladdin, The Terminator, and Earthworm Jim. He sold his last company to Sony PlayStation and the one before that to Atari. He’s now building a startup in e-Commerce called <a href="https://www.getcarro.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carro</a>. If you email <a href="mailto:hello@getcarro.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>hello@getcarro.com</strong></a> and mention My Worst Investment Ever podcast, you’ll get VIP personal support.</p><h2>Worst investment ever</h2><p>David firmly believed that someday, every game ever made would be available on every device everywhere in the world instantly. And so, if that will eventually exist, why not start building it now?</p><p>With that thought in mind, David began to build that technology and had some massive breakthroughs. He demons