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How to Win as a Mobile Game Entrepreneur, With Joakim Achrén
Manage episode 300120971 series 1431233
Contenuto fornito da Jordan Blackman. Tutti i contenuti dei podcast, inclusi episodi, grafica e descrizioni dei podcast, vengono caricati e forniti direttamente da Jordan Blackman o dal partner della piattaforma podcast. Se ritieni che qualcuno stia utilizzando la tua opera protetta da copyright senza la tua autorizzazione, puoi seguire la procedura descritta qui https://it.player.fm/legal.
Joakim Achrén is a gaming entrepreneur, with fifteen years of experience from two venture-backed gaming startups, including Next Games, which IPOed in 2107. Joakim is now running Elite Game Developers, a company that helps entrepreneurs start their first game company. He's also an angel investor in Skunkworks Games, Lightheart Entertainment, Savage Game Studios, and more. Joakim recently took on the role of Venture Partner at Play Ventures and hosts his own podcast, Elite Game Developers Podcast.
Join us in this fascinating discussion with topics like:
- How Joakim caught “the bug” for helping other founders
- What comes between the early validation phase and obtaining data from user behavior within a playable version of your game
- The most common trap mobile developers fall into
- The biggest takeaways you should be gaining from your metrics
- The key to building mobile games that make players want to come back
- The balance between “stealing like an artist” and innovating
- What the gaming industry can learn from Pixar’s creative process
Resources Mentioned:
- Connect with Joakim on LinkedIn
- Check out Elite Game Developers
- Listen to Elite Game Developers Podcast
- Read Joakim's Blog
- Connect with Joakim on Twitter
- Read “Creativity Inc.” by Ed Catmull
39 episodi
Manage episode 300120971 series 1431233
Contenuto fornito da Jordan Blackman. Tutti i contenuti dei podcast, inclusi episodi, grafica e descrizioni dei podcast, vengono caricati e forniti direttamente da Jordan Blackman o dal partner della piattaforma podcast. Se ritieni che qualcuno stia utilizzando la tua opera protetta da copyright senza la tua autorizzazione, puoi seguire la procedura descritta qui https://it.player.fm/legal.
Joakim Achrén is a gaming entrepreneur, with fifteen years of experience from two venture-backed gaming startups, including Next Games, which IPOed in 2107. Joakim is now running Elite Game Developers, a company that helps entrepreneurs start their first game company. He's also an angel investor in Skunkworks Games, Lightheart Entertainment, Savage Game Studios, and more. Joakim recently took on the role of Venture Partner at Play Ventures and hosts his own podcast, Elite Game Developers Podcast.
Join us in this fascinating discussion with topics like:
- How Joakim caught “the bug” for helping other founders
- What comes between the early validation phase and obtaining data from user behavior within a playable version of your game
- The most common trap mobile developers fall into
- The biggest takeaways you should be gaining from your metrics
- The key to building mobile games that make players want to come back
- The balance between “stealing like an artist” and innovating
- What the gaming industry can learn from Pixar’s creative process
Resources Mentioned:
- Connect with Joakim on LinkedIn
- Check out Elite Game Developers
- Listen to Elite Game Developers Podcast
- Read Joakim's Blog
- Connect with Joakim on Twitter
- Read “Creativity Inc.” by Ed Catmull
39 episodi
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