People outside the gaming industry underestimate just how voraciously it's growing--and the boom has only just begun.
In the 1980s I occupied a front-row seat for the drama that was the Seattle tech boom. Friends and family created successful startups in the '80s and the go-go '90s. (My then-husband, an excellent entrepreneur, was a cofounder of two of those startups: Aldus and Visio.) After close observation of the rollercoaster IPOs and acquisitions and later the dotcom disappointments, I like to think I developed an eye for trends. In my own industry, video gaming, I'm starting to see a few.