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while growing up Gaben played games like most young children , his favourite game was super Mario 64 he also played star trek. playing Doom he noticed that gaming is the future of entertainment

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Newell has stated that Valve does not work on a Hierarchy structure, this means that each Employee  is valued.

General Skills - Teamwork, Motivating, Leadership

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Valve created a DRM service called Steam. This was very unique from what was on the market. It allowed gamers to download games and their updates, digitally, from the service. Valve began requiring purchasers of their popular games like Counter Strike and Half-Life 2 to register with the service. Other game developers and publishers also began using Steam as a platform for their games. It took off and now the majority of PC games are sold on Steam. Newell used good business skills, and an original idea to make it work. To this day Steam has continued to expand and further PC market with devices like the SteamOS based PC and the HTC Vive.

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Left 4 Dead 2. Is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. The sequel to Studios’ Left 4 Dead, the game released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in November 2009, and for OS X in October 2010, and for Linux in July 2013.

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Half Life was the first game developed by Valve. The first-person Shooter influence other games for many years to come. It is considered one of the greatest games of all time.

General Skills - Creativity

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Newell founded Valve along with Ex-Microsoft employee Mike Harrington in August 1996

Soft Skill - Leadership

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In the Article below, Newell displays his patience and helpfulness in dealing with customers enquirers.

http://kotaku.com/gabe-newell-shows-us-how-customer-support-is-done-1683998834

General Skills - Communication

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After taking inspiration from a former Microsoft Employee, who left to work on Quake at id Software, Newell left to begin development on the first Half Life game, founding the software and video-game company Valve.

Soft Skill - Determination to create
Technical - Game Developer

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Newell dropped out of Harvard University to become a producer at Microsoft, developing Windows Versions 1.01, 1.02 and 1.03 in the 90s becoming a 'Microsoft Millionaire'.

Technical - Software Engineer

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IT and Gaming Pioneer