Nick Martel

This was a whole new concept, and the concept is called the reverse surprise party. So you invite all your friends to your party, but you don't tell them where it is. You don't tell them what it is. You just tell them to wear a tuxedo and look fantastic. So we showed up at the front of Nick's apartment, not knowing where we were going.

This was a whole new concept, and the concept is called the reverse surprise party. So you invite all your friends to your party, but you don't tell them where it is. You don't tell them what it is. You just tell them to wear a tuxedo and look fantastic. So we showed up at the front of Nick's apartment, not knowing where we were going.

And we all piled into a limousine and Nick told the driver what the destination was. Jack, this was the first ever reverse surprise party. One of many more to come. It might've been the best birthday party ever. Yeah, it created this entire concept of the reverse surprise party purely out of the one goal of optimizing and maximizing enjoyment.

And we all piled into a limousine and Nick told the driver what the destination was. Jack, this was the first ever reverse surprise party. One of many more to come. It might've been the best birthday party ever. Yeah, it created this entire concept of the reverse surprise party purely out of the one goal of optimizing and maximizing enjoyment.

And we all piled into a limousine and Nick told the driver what the destination was. Jack, this was the first ever reverse surprise party. One of many more to come. It might've been the best birthday party ever. Yeah, it created this entire concept of the reverse surprise party purely out of the one goal of optimizing and maximizing enjoyment.

You won't hear it often on a business podcast, but sometimes the best motivation to create a product has nothing to do with making money at all. Sometimes, products start with that same goal, to optimize and maximize enjoyment. Exactly.

You won't hear it often on a business podcast, but sometimes the best motivation to create a product has nothing to do with making money at all. Sometimes, products start with that same goal, to optimize and maximize enjoyment. Exactly.

You won't hear it often on a business podcast, but sometimes the best motivation to create a product has nothing to do with making money at all. Sometimes, products start with that same goal, to optimize and maximize enjoyment. Exactly.

And if you want the perfect example of this, look no further than the subject of today's show, an iconic game created by three idealistic young teachers in the great state of Minnesota. This story features trappers and bankers, preachers and con artists, and oxen. Oh, the oxen. Also, Jack, many, many deaths from dysentery. That's right, Yetis. We're talking about the Oregon Trail.

And if you want the perfect example of this, look no further than the subject of today's show, an iconic game created by three idealistic young teachers in the great state of Minnesota. This story features trappers and bankers, preachers and con artists, and oxen. Oh, the oxen. Also, Jack, many, many deaths from dysentery. That's right, Yetis. We're talking about the Oregon Trail.

And if you want the perfect example of this, look no further than the subject of today's show, an iconic game created by three idealistic young teachers in the great state of Minnesota. This story features trappers and bankers, preachers and con artists, and oxen. Oh, the oxen. Also, Jack, many, many deaths from dysentery. That's right, Yetis. We're talking about the Oregon Trail.

Or as many of us end up calling it, Oregon Trail. Drop the the. It's cleaner. If you went to school in the 80s and 90s, you played this game on your classroom's beat-up Macintosh computer, alongside other classics like Carmen Sandiego and Mario Teaches Typing. Or you may have come across it later, playing a free version online or on your PS5, maybe even your Nintendo Switch.

Or as many of us end up calling it, Oregon Trail. Drop the the. It's cleaner. If you went to school in the 80s and 90s, you played this game on your classroom's beat-up Macintosh computer, alongside other classics like Carmen Sandiego and Mario Teaches Typing. Or you may have come across it later, playing a free version online or on your PS5, maybe even your Nintendo Switch.

Or as many of us end up calling it, Oregon Trail. Drop the the. It's cleaner. If you went to school in the 80s and 90s, you played this game on your classroom's beat-up Macintosh computer, alongside other classics like Carmen Sandiego and Mario Teaches Typing. Or you may have come across it later, playing a free version online or on your PS5, maybe even your Nintendo Switch.

But Yeti's Oregon Trail goes all the way back to the 1970s. In fact, it's the longest running video game in history, dating back to the PPCE. That's the pre-PC era of 1971. And we repeat, longest running video game in history. We're talking about four years before a guy named Bill Gates co-founds Microsoft. Jack, we're talking five years before another guy named Steve Jobs co-found Apple.

But Yeti's Oregon Trail goes all the way back to the 1970s. In fact, it's the longest running video game in history, dating back to the PPCE. That's the pre-PC era of 1971. And we repeat, longest running video game in history. We're talking about four years before a guy named Bill Gates co-founds Microsoft. Jack, we're talking five years before another guy named Steve Jobs co-found Apple.

But Yeti's Oregon Trail goes all the way back to the 1970s. In fact, it's the longest running video game in history, dating back to the PPCE. That's the pre-PC era of 1971. And we repeat, longest running video game in history. We're talking about four years before a guy named Bill Gates co-founds Microsoft. Jack, we're talking five years before another guy named Steve Jobs co-found Apple.

It is the pioneer of video games, literally. Speaking of Apple, Tim Cook should be leaving daily offerings at a trading post at Fort Laramie because the Oregon Trail had a huge role in making Apple what it is today. Generations of millennial kids might never have begged their parents for that first Macintosh if it weren't for this game.

It is the pioneer of video games, literally. Speaking of Apple, Tim Cook should be leaving daily offerings at a trading post at Fort Laramie because the Oregon Trail had a huge role in making Apple what it is today. Generations of millennial kids might never have begged their parents for that first Macintosh if it weren't for this game.

It is the pioneer of video games, literally. Speaking of Apple, Tim Cook should be leaving daily offerings at a trading post at Fort Laramie because the Oregon Trail had a huge role in making Apple what it is today. Generations of millennial kids might never have begged their parents for that first Macintosh if it weren't for this game.