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Oct 16, 2026

Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:33
Because the definition of the good life is doing creative things, whether making music, trying to figure out how to do a particular piece of code, or putting together investments.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:45
Allen owns or has the majority interest in several organizations, Asymmetrix Corporation, Starwave Corporation, Ticketmaster Corporation, Portland Trailblazers, Interval Research, has three investment oversight entities, Vulcan Northwest, the Paul Allen Group, and their parent, Vulcan Ventures Incorporated, and has significant investments in lots of other companies.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
9:12
As the number of his tech investments has grown, Allen's ability to be involved in day-to-day operations has diminished.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
9:20
His most successful companies, Ticketmaster, Portland Trailblazers, are those he bought intact, as well-run organizations with proper management and profit-generating mechanisms already in place.

27 MINS LATER

Christian TitusNARRATOR
36:55
The Rose Quarter, the Blazers' new 20,000-seat arena and sports complex, is the most technologically advanced and expensive arena in the NBA.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:07
No less than $46 million of the more than $262 million for the arena, scheduled to be finished in time for the 1995-96 season, came from Allen.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:22
The Brains of the Outfit Perhaps the most rarefied of Allen's business units is Interval Research, Allen's own private $100 million think tank.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:36
Now there's a rich guy toy not available through the sharper image.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:11
Allen owns or has the majority interest in several organizations.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:15
Asymmetrix Corporation, Starwave Corporation, Ticketmaster Corporation, Portland Trail Blazers, Interval Research, has three investment oversight entities, Vulcan Northwest, The Paul Allen Group, and their parent, Vulcan Ventures Incorporated, and has significant investments in lots of other companies.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:38
As the number of his tech investments has grown, Allen's ability to be involved in day-to-day operations has diminished.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:46
His most successful companies, Ticketmaster, Portland Trail Blazers, are those he bought intact as well-run organizations with proper management and profit-generating mechanisms already in place.

28 MINS LATER

Christian TitusNARRATOR
36:33
No less than $46 million of the more than $262 million for the arena, scheduled to be finished in time for the 1995-96 season, came from Allen.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
36:48
The brains of the outfit.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
36:51
Perhaps the most rarefied of Allen's business units is Interval Research, Allen's own private $100 million think tank.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:02
Now there's a rich guy toy not available through the sharper image.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
6:54
He adds, "The information superhighway is another such wave, and you don't get a chance to catch two such waves that often." Allen doesn't want to place himself in the class of the idle rich because the definition of the good life is doing creative things, whether making music, trying to figure out how to do a particular piece of code, or putting together investments.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
7:20
Allen owns or has the majority interest in several organizations, Asymmetrix Corporation, Starwave Corporation, Ticketmaster Corporation, Portland Trail Blazers, Interval Research, has three investment oversight entities, Vulcan Northwest, The Paul Allen Group, and their parent, Vulcan Ventures Incorporated, and has significant investments in lots of other companies.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
7:47
As the number of his tech investments has grown, Allen's ability to be involved in day-to-day operations has diminished.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
7:55
His most successful companies, Ticketmaster, Portland Trail Blazers, are those he bought intact as well-run organizations with proper management and profit-generating mechanisms already in place.

29 MINS LATER

Christian TitusNARRATOR
36:43
No less than $46 million of the more than $262 million for the arena, scheduled to be finished in time for the 1995 to '96 season, came from Allen.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
36:58
The brains of the outfit.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:01
Perhaps the most rarefied of Allen's business units is Interval Research, Allen's own private $100 million think tank.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:12
Now there's a rich guy toy not available through the sharper image.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
6:54
He adds, "The information superhighway is another such wave, and you don't get a chance to catch two such waves that often." Allen doesn't want to place himself in the class of the idle rich because the definition of the good life is doing creative things, whether making music, trying to figure out how to do a particular piece of code, or putting together investments.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
7:20
Allen owns or has the majority interest in several organizations, Asymmetrix Corporation, Starwave Corporation, Ticketmaster Corporation, Portland Trail Blazers, Interval Research, has three investment oversight entities, Vulcan Northwest, The Paul Allen Group, and their parent, Vulcan Ventures Incorporated, and has significant investments in lots of other companies.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
7:47
As the number of his tech investments has grown, Allen's ability to be involved in day-to-day operations has diminished.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
7:55
His most successful companies, Ticketmaster, Portland Trail Blazers, are those he bought intact as well-run organizations with proper management and profit-generating mechanisms already in place.

29 MINS LATER

Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:09
No less than $46 million of the more than $262 million for the arena, scheduled to be finished in time for the 1995-96 season, came from Allen.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:24
The brains of the outfit.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:27
Perhaps the most rarefied of Allen's business units is Interval Research, Allen's own private $100 million think tank.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:38
Now there's a rich guy toy not available through the sharper image.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
7:48
He adds, "The information superhighway is another such wave, and you don't get a chance to catch two such waves that often." Allen doesn't want to place himself in the class of the idle rich because the definition of the good life is doing creative things, whether making music, trying to figure out how to do a particular piece of code, or putting together investments.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:14
Allen owns or has the majority interest in several organizations: Asymmetrix Corporation, Starwave Corporation, Ticketmaster Corporation, Portland Trail Blazers, Interval Research, has three investment oversight entities, Vulcan Northwest, The Paul Allen Group, and their parent, Vulcan Ventures Incorporated, and has significant investments in lots of other companies.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:42
As the number of his tech investments has grown, Allen's ability to be involved in day-to-day operations has diminished.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:50
His most successful companies, Ticketmaster, Portland Trail Blazers, are those he bought intact as well-run organizations with proper management and profit-generating mechanisms already in place.

27 MINS LATER

Christian TitusNARRATOR
36:21
No less than $46 million of the more than $262 million for the arena, scheduled to be finished in time for the 1995-96 season, came from Allen.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
36:36
The brains of the outfit.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
36:39
Perhaps the most rarefied of Allen's business units is Interval Research, Allen's own private one hundred million dollar think tank.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
36:50
Now there's a rich guy toy not available through the Sharper Image.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:20
Allen owns or has the majority interest in several organizations.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:24
Asymmetrics Corporation, Starwave Corporation, Ticketmaster Corporation, Portland Trailblazers, Interval Research, has three investment oversight entities, Vulcan Northwest, the Paul Allen Group, and their parent, Vulcan Ventures Incorporated, and has significant investments in lots of other companies.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:47
As the number of his tech investments has grown, Allen's ability to be involved in day-to-day operations has diminished.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
8:55
His most successful companies, Ticketmaster, Portland Trailblazers, are those he bought intact, as well-run organizations with proper management and profit-generating mechanisms already in place.

29 MINS LATER

Christian TitusNARRATOR
38:11
No less than forty-six million dollars of the more than two hundred sixty-two million dollars for the arena, scheduled to be finished in time for the nineteen ninety-five to ninety-six season, came from Allen.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
38:26
The brains of the outfit.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
38:29
Perhaps the most rarefied of Allen's business units is Interval Research, Allen's own private one hundred million dollar think tank.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
38:40
Now there's a rich guy toy not available through the sharper image.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
6:54
He adds, "The information superhighway is another such wave, and you don't get a chance to catch two such waves that often." Allen doesn't want to place himself in the class of the idle rich because the definition of the good life is doing creative things, whether making music, trying to figure out how to do a particular piece of code, or putting together investments.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
7:20
Allen owns or has the majority interest in several organizations, Asymmetrix Corporation, Starwave Corporation, Ticketmaster Corporation, Portland Trail Blazers, Interval Research, has three investment oversight entities, Vulcan Northwest, the Paul Allen Group, and their parent, Vulcan Ventures Incorporated, and has significant investments in lots of other companies.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
7:47
As the number of his tech investments has grown, Allen's ability to be involved in day-to-day operations has diminished.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
7:55
His most successful companies, Ticketmaster, Portland Trail Blazers, are those he bought intact as well-run organizations with proper management and profit-generating mechanisms already in place.

29 MINS LATER

Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:02
No less than $46 million of the more than $262 million for the arena, scheduled to be finished in time for the 1995-96 season, came from Allen.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:17
The brains of the outfit.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:20
Perhaps the most rarefied of Allen's business units is Interval Research, Allen's own private $100 million think tank.
Christian TitusNARRATOR
37:31
Now there's a rich guy toy not available through the sharper image.
Gail HayssenGUEST
31:50
And that's why we avoided the accident, those kind of things.
Gail HayssenGUEST
31:54
So until my husband came home from his work at Interval Research, which was founded by Paul Allen, one of the richest men in the world at the time.
Gail HayssenGUEST
32:03
He was the other partner of Microsoft.
Gail HayssenGUEST
32:06
And it's an NDA kind of place.
Gail HayssenGUEST
32:55
My son is throwing up.
Gail HayssenGUEST
32:57
So he tells them that story and they want to meet me.
Gail HayssenGUEST
33:00
So I go into Interval Research and for two and a half hours before I come, they tell me I have to write my psychic stories.
Gail HayssenGUEST
33:09
But I never thought of them because to me, they're just how I live.
Gail HayssenGUEST
48:10
That's one of my favorite stories.
Gail HayssenGUEST
48:13
My husband, David, was working at a company called Interval Research.
Gail HayssenGUEST
48:19
And in fact, anything I tell you has a story.
Gail HayssenGUEST
48:23
That's why it is hard.
Gail HayssenGUEST
48:44
But it's because of him.
Gail HayssenGUEST
48:45
I have to give him all the credit because I would have never met these people.
Gail HayssenGUEST
48:50
But at Interval Research, it was a think tank that was founded by Paul Allen, who was one of the richest men in the world at the time.
Gail HayssenGUEST
48:59
And it was set aside to run for 10 years, but he ended up closing it at seven and a half years.

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