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Last week, I had the distinct privilege of hosting a fireside with Nintendo’s former president and COO for the United States, Reggie Fils-Aimé. As the grand finale of my Spring semester at Stern, I co-hosted this event with Naomi Clark from the NYU Game Center and Mitu Khandaker from the Game Design Future Lab. It was a blast. You can watch our conversation in its entirety on Twitch, or read about some of the highlights here , here , and here . One of my favorite parts was Reggie’s account of how Nintendo sees the world. As a firm founded in 1889, it has seen more than its fair share of societal shifts, to say the least. During a period as we experience now, with lots of layoffs and abundant uncertainty, Reggie reminded everyone of a quote from Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo’s third president, who served from 1949 to 2002: “No matter how good the business is, remember it’s not that good—and no matter how bad the business is, remember it’s not that bad.” The hallmark of any chief operating officer is their steady hands and ability to navigate a company through economic turmoil. Given that Nintendo added 500 people in
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