Bush: Playing RuneScape taught him more about business than college
Dickie Bush · Why a Gamer Mindset Can Change Your Life and Business with Nicolas Cole and Dickie Bush · Jan 19, 2023 · at 2:38
Ship 30 for 30 co-founder Dickie Bush discusses how childhood online gaming prepared him for internet entrepreneurship.
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“I, to this day, learned more playing RuneScape about business, economies, working with a team, monotonous work than I learned in college or really anything.”
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