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Dave Taylor received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. While in school, he created the IEEE CS National Programming Contest for which he was awarded both the Lifetime Entrepreneurial Award and the Student Leadership Award in Engineering.

Upon graduation, Taylor was hired by id Software to help program the iconic games Doom and Quake. He then funded, produced, and self-distributed the cult-classic side-scroller Abuse. After Abuse, he left to join processor start-up Transmeta, where he performed various roles including helping to debug the Crusoe processor and developing the IPO roadshow demo. The Transmeta IPO is still considered one of the most successful IPO's of all time, with a first-week market cap of well over $5B.

Several months after the IPO, Taylor left Transmeta for Los Angeles to do independent producing and consulting on a variety of projects, including Spy Kids, ER Critical Condition, RoboHordes, and Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth.

Taylor is currently sitting on the Advisory Board of Allegorithmic and is consulting on a modern remake of a classic Apple //e game.

He now resides in West Hollywood, California and his hobbies include competing in real-time strategy games, teaching, and advising young entrepreneurs.

Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory The importance of money

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Wealth has tested me, and poverty has liberated me. When I am flush with cash, and I have been very flush a couple times in my lucky life, I've noticed that money tested me. I spent more freely on things that do not last, particularly expensive food, and impulsive gifts for loved ones. Now, I know gifts are not all bad, but it is bad when you're not doing it to a budget, because a gift now is many gifts taken away from your loved one later, because that gift cash could have been compounding interest. While wealthy, I've blown a fairly amazing wad on rent and mortgage, yet no place I've eve...

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