Philosophy #12: On Employee Motivation
It was 3 AM in a taxi on a dusty road coming from the Bangalore airport. I was traveling with my co-founder Paul Leydon, and it was the first time…
Market Intelligence Firm(s) Under Investigation by SEC | Dominos!
Last year, I wrote about the SEC action being enforced at that time against App Annie for the use of material, non-public information aka “MNPI”: Click the image above to…
What Makes A Great Tech Leader or CTO!
We live in a complicated world with new innovations, technologies, processes, and best practices emerging every day. As technology has become a core driver for sustainable competitive advantage, the CTO…
On Opposing Perspectives, Secrets, and The Future of Blockchain Gaming
In today’s newsletter, I’m happy to present to you a really great discussion on the future promise and opportunity of blockchain gaming… Hold up! “Didn’t you just present the bear…
Key Challenges to Blockchain Gaming
Hey Blockchain gaming, meet the bear! Actually, in this case, the bear I’m talking about is one of the most insightful and smartest people in gaming I know: Lars Doucet.…
Investing in Game Startups | Venture Capital Panel
We’re here today to talk about the current investment environment for gaming studios. We’ll be more focused on mobile but certainly can try to speak a bit more to PC/console…
Zynga vs. Supercell. The quest to be the world’s most valuable mobile gaming company!
Supercell Supercell in Decline Earlier this month, Ilkka Paananen, Supercell’s CEO talked about key learnings from his company on their 10 year anniversary: 10 Learnings from 10 Years. The lessons are…
Why Fortnite will fall, but Battle Royale will rise on mobile
The views expressed in this post are my own and do not represent the views of my employer. Even further, this post is just a fun thought experiment expressing a…
Building a Successful Team through Determined Optimism: Winners vs. Whiners
Some of the philosophies and lessons I've learned from my life experience don't have scientific backing but I have come to absolutely believe in through real world experience. More specifically,…
An Open-source Mobile Gaming Taxonomy
Context: Every mobile gaming company has their own system for describing different types of mobile games. In other words, a mobile gaming taxonomy or classification system. Unfortunately, no industry standard…
