The Entrepreneurship of Games

Posted on January 01, 2012

When I was growing up, my parents told me, “finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.”
I tell my daughters, “Finish your homework, people in India and China are starving for your job.”

-Tom Friedman
American author, journalist, and a 3-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize
 
Coupled with the Internet, entrepreneurship is a global phenomenon that has democratized the world. Not only have entrepreneurial transformations profoundly impacted how the world lives, works, and learns, but it has revolutionized how it plays. With the advent of online distribution and emergence of middle ware technologies, the ripples of this revolution have landed upon the shores of the video game industry with disruptive force. This force has blown wide open the door of opportunity for start-ups. Join us as we authentically share many of the insights we gain and lessons we learn as we push forth to transform a unique idea into a viable opportunity that focuses upon the “right kind of profits”.

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