096: Pictionary Inventor (Rob Angel) shares his Board Game Journey 🎲... ⭐

Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration

Millionaire Interviews Podcast & Sir Austin Peek

Careers, Business:careers, Business

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Rob Angel was only 26 years old when he and his friends started the ground work for the phenomenally successful board game Pictionary. He was working evenings as a waiter with his future business partners. While spending days in his backyard with a paperback Webster’s Dictionary, a No. 2 pencil, and a yellow legal pad to work... This Episode is Sponsored By: Square Payroll makes doing your books easy & affordable! For just $29/month it's the best payroll deal for any small business. To support the show, please visit this link to check them out: millionaire-interviews.com/square. StartEngine is the largest equity crowdfunding site in the USA. Over 170+ companies have raised $60 million using the platform. And 87% of companies successfully reached their minimum funding goal of $10k. Get 20% off your campaign using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/start. Blinkist gives you key ideas from the world’s best nonfiction books in 15-minute text and audio. Learn something new everyday with unlimited access to over 2,500 of the world’s best titles in 19 top categories. Get 7% off & your first week free with this link: millionaire-interviews.com/blinkist. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Millionaire Interviews. ***

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0:00.0	I just knew in my core this is something I had to follow through on.
0:10.0	People say you got to break the rules.
0:15.7	We didn't even know what the rules were.
0:18.0	If it's not stronger than just an idea, don't follow through on it.
0:21.9	I started noodling it in my brain.
0:24.0	And that was just out of college.
0:25.5	I was 22 years old.
0:27.0	Where did you take it from there?
0:29.0	No, where?
0:31.0	You know, it's a big rule out there.
0:38.0	Folks, for it.
0:39.0	Go have a little fun with it.
0:40.0	Just take it as it comes and it's a beautiful place.
0:43.0	My name is Rob Angel and the inventor of the board game,
0:54.0	I'm a junior, I live in Seattle, Washington, and I am turning 60 years old.
0:59.0	60 years young, huh?
1:00.0	Well, yeah, that's very true.
1:01.0	Pictionary.
1:02.0	I think most people understand what that is, but in case the digital age,
1:05.0	maybe there's not as many young people playing board games,
1:08.0	could you tell us what Pictionary is?
1:10.0	Yeah, a picture is an old school game back in the 80s, invented 85.
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