Best Amy Jo Kim Podcasts (2024)

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Mark Jacobstein: From Game Exec to Venture Builder 41:35

11h ago41:35

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Mark Jacobstein is a renowned figure in the gaming and tech universe, with three decades of experience building and leading companies at the forefront of new technologies. Having transitioned from a successful career as a Game Executive to becoming a Venture Builder, Mark offers a unique perspective on innovation and leadership. Listen as we explor…

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Ryan Douglas: FDA approves Digital Therapeutics SDK 30:02

13h ago30:02

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Ryan Douglas is the co-founder of DeepWell DTx, a digital therapeutics venture lab dedicated to creating immersive experiences that address mental health challenges. Recently, DeepWell DTx achieved a major milestone: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared five mental health apps, including DeepWell's software development kit (SDK). This mark…

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Gina Pell: Community is the new social 27:31

1M ago27:31

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Gina Pell, a digital media pioneer, runs an exclusive Facebook group with 27K members and a private professional women's network featuring world-class leaders, from early-stage entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 executives. Gina has built companies, audiences, and communities. She observes a significant shift happening online that will impact us all. Dis…

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Julie Dirksen: Design for Behavior Change 42:26

2M ago42:26

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Julie Dirksen is an author and learning strategy consultant, renowned for her expertise in creating impactful learning solutions. She wrote the bestselling book Design For How People Learn, and her latest release, Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change, is gaining significant attention. Julie’s diverse clientele includes Fortune …

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Mike Maples: Pattern Breakers 1:00:34

3M ago1:00:34

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Mike Maples is a pioneering Silicon Valley investor who founded Floodgate Ventures in 2005, introducing the concept of seed investing. He achieved major successes with early investments in Twitter, Twitch, and Lyft. His curiosity about what it takes to create a world-changing startup led him to explore how revolutionary ideas often appear crazy at …

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Jillian Ahrens: Designing Digital Therapeutics 25:41

4M ago25:41

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Jillian Ahrens is the CPO at Realized Care, a digital therapeutics company specializing in VR solutions. She was formerly Associate Director of Product R&D at Pear Therapeutics, where she led a project developing a CBT-based AI chatbot. Discover what Jillian learned at Pear about patient engagement with AI chatbots, and how she's taking those lesso…

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Ryan Douglas: Immersive Digital Therapeutics 1:06:11

7M ago1:06:11

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Ryan Douglas is the co-founder of DeepWell DTx, a digital therapeutics Venture Lab focused on creating immersive experiences that address mental health concerns. Ryan has created numerous medical devices, along with several profitable startups. He has deep experience with the regulatory landscape for digital therapeutics, and is pushing to get digi…

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Starr Long: Creating Ultima Online 58:30

11M ago58:30

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Long before World of Warcraft, there was Ultima Online, the first MMO. How did this highly innovative & influential game come to be? And what can we learn from its successes and failures? Starr Long is a game designer and producer who directed the team that built Ultima Online, the first popular Massively Multiplayer Online game. In this in-depth i…

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Samuel Hulick: User Onboarding 38:14

1y ago38:14

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Samuel Hulick, a renowned UX consultant and leading authority in user onboarding, operates the well-known website useronboard.com. Through this platform, he expertly deconstructs the initial experiences of popular apps and services, showcasing his insights into effective user onboarding processes. Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/YFFw5u_A…

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Jason Hreha: Building Habit-Forming Products 25:02

1y ago25:02

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Jason Hreha is a behavioral scientist, formerly Global Head of Behavioral Sciences at Walmart, who uses his knowledge of human behavior to build better products. With a decade of applying behavioral science to tech challenges, he co-founded Walmart's Behavioral Science Team and pioneered Behavioral Strategy as an interdisciplinary approach. He stud…

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Alfie Kohn: Thriving Beyond Competition 29:41

1y ago29:41

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Alfie Kohn is an American author and lecturer in education, parenting, and human behavior. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he is a proponent of progressive education and a strong critic of competition and rewards. Kohn has been described by Time magazine as “perhaps the country’s most outspoken critic of education’s fixation …

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Adrian Hon: Making Zombies, Run! 43:55

1y ago43:55

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Adrian Hon is an English writer and game designer, known for his expertise in alternate reality games and transmedia storytelling. As the CEO of Six to Start, he created the bestselling fitness game "Zombies, Run!" and authored books like "You've Been Played" (2022) and "A History of the Future in 100 Objects" (2020). He studied neuroscience at Cam…

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Robin Allenson: Creating AI-powered Tools 35:34

1y ago35:34

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Robin Allenson is a serial entrepreneur who studied AI at University of Edinburgh in the early 90s, and went on to found a series of AI-powered ventures. His current venture Similar.ai uses AI to automate the important and often laborious process of optimizing web sites for SEO. Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/H6P746iG2VM…

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Doug Hofstadter: Reflections on AI 40:01

1+ y ago40:01

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Douglas Hofstadter is a professor of Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature at Indiana University in Bloomington. His research into cognitive science includes concepts such as the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. His 1979 book Göd…

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Dr. Julie Gurner: Unlocking Peak Performance 48:28

1+ y ago48:28

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Dr. Julie Gurner is an executive performance coach with a Doctorate in Psychology. She has coached top-percentile executives, talent, and teams operating in fast-paced, competitive environments for over ten years, helping her clients unlock peak performance. She publishes the Ultra Successful newsletter on Substack. Check out the video here: https:…

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Joakim Achrén: Investing in Games 40:45

1+ y ago40:45

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Joakim Achrén, “the gaming startup guy”, is a games investor, and founder of Elite Game Developers, which provides advice for game founders. He co-founded Next Games (which was acquired by Netflix), and worked as Director of Analytics at Supercell. Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/VEd3uedgY7g…

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Pavel Samsonov: Storyboarding for UX 42:04

1+ y ago42:04

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Pavel Samsonov is a design architect and UX Practice Lead at Amazon Web Services (AWS) based in New York City. With a background in graphic design and a passion for human-computer interaction, Pavel has spent the last three years at AWS helping large companies adopt cloud computing and build innovative products using design methods. His professiona…

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Kevin Kelly: Excellent Advice for Living 31:54

1+ y ago31:54

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Kevin Kelly is a writer, futurist, and Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. His books include The Inevitable, about future trends, and What Technology Wants, a theory of technology. He is founder of the popular Cool Tools website, which has been reviewing tools…

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Celia Hodent: The Gamer’s Brain 36:40

1+ y ago36:40

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Celia Hodent, a Game UX Strategist with a PhD in Psychology, has dedicated 15 years of her career to applying user experience (UX) and cognitive science in product development, particularly in the realm of video games. Her impressive portfolio includes her role as Director of UX at Epic Games for Fortnite, as well as work on well-known franchises s…

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Vinayak Joglekar: Game Thinking in India 46:56

1+ y ago46:56

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Vinayak Joglekar is head of India Operations and Chief Technology Officer at Excellarate, with more than three decades of professional software development and delivery experience. Joglekar earned his mechanical engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology and a master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Management and mentors brigh…

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Osama Dorias: Reviewing the Top 10 Games of 2022 55:35

1+ y ago55:35

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Osama Dorias is a Lead Content Designer at Blizzard Entertainment. In the past, he’s worked at Unity, Warner Brothers, Gameloft, GEE Media, Ubisoft, and Minority Media. He also teaches game design at Dawson College and loves to empower people in expressing themselves through game-making, especially marginalized people and causes.…

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Steve Meretzky: Game Monetization 51:11

1+ y ago51:11

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Steve Meretzky is an American video game developer best known for creating Infocom games in the early 1980s, including collaborating with author Douglas Adams on the hit interactive fiction version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the comically titled Leather Goddesses of Phobos. Later, he created the Spellcasting trilogy, the flagship …

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Hilmar Pétursson: Why EVE Online has insane retention 36:31

2y ago36:31

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Hilmar Pétursson is CEO of CCP Games in Iceland, makers of the long-running space battle game EVE Online. Billed as the world’s largest living work of science fiction, EVE has a highly developed internal economy and deep social structure that makes it an ideal testbed for how the coming Metaverse could work.…

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Brendan Greene: Building a Virtual Planet 33:58

2y ago33:58

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Brendan Greene, better known as PlayerUnknown is a video game developer best known for creating PUBG: Battlegrounds. In 2019 he left active development on the game to form PUBG Special Projects and PlayerUnknown Productions, where he is developing an ambitious virtual world far larger than the one in PUBG.…

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Rei Wang: From Investor to Entrepreneur 34:53

2y ago34:53

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Entrepreneur and angel investor, Rei Wang is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at The Grand, a group coaching platform to help people navigate transitions at the intersection of work and life. Before The Grand she served as CEO of Dorm Room Fund at First Round Capital where she nurtured a community of 250+ startups, and counseled entrepreneu…

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Philip Rosedale: What’s Missing from the Metaverse? 33:15

2y ago33:15

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Philip Rosedale is the founder of Linden Lab, which launched the popular virtual world Second Life in 2003. His goal has always been to build a viable model for a virtual economy or virtual society, not just an entertainment platform. Before Second Life he served as CTO at RealNetworks, where he wrote some of the earliest algorithms to compress vid…

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Chris Heatherly: Innovation in Game Design 58:49

2y ago58:49

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Chris Heatherly is head of Games & Engagement at Recur, a pioneering NFT platform. A creative executive who works at the intersection of games and entertainment, Chris oversaw hit games based on IP from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars, when he was an exec at Disney and NBCUniversalBy Amy Jo Kim

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Barry O’Reilly: The Power of Incentives 54:20

2y ago54:20

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Barry O'Reilly is a business strategist and author of Unlearn and Lean Enterprise. He’s worked with top executives at Wells Fargo, American Airlines and Walmart to cut through complexity and make smart decisions in a changing world. In doing this work, Barry has learned that most executives resist unlearning what they already know. Listen as Barry …

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Mark Pincus: Lessons from Zynga & Tribe 48:00

2y ago48:00

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Mark Pincus is a serial entrepreneur and investor who founded the early social media company Tribe Networks, and the mobile social gaming company Zynga. More recently he co-founded investment firm Reinvent Capital in 2018.By Amy Jo Kim

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John Linden: Inside the NFT game Blankos Block Party 55:11

2y ago55:11

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John Linden is CEO of Mythical Games, creators of the pioneering NFT collectible game Blanko’s Block Party. John has a deep background in gaming, leading AAA titles like Call of Duty, and helping develop the Millenium Falcon ride at Disneyland.By Amy Jo Kim

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Amy Bucher: Gamifying Health 47:48

2y ago47:48

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Amy Bucher is Chief behavioral officer at the digital health company Lirio. She is the author of Engaged: Designing for Behavior Change, and has a Ph.D. in Psychology from University of Michigan.By Amy Jo Kim

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Chris Spiek: Jobs to be Done 45:20

2y ago45:20

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Chris Spiek is Chief Product Officer at Autobooks. Chris co-founded the Product Design Consultancy, the Re-Wired Group in 2010 with jobs-to-be-done expert Bob Moesta, and co-authored The Jobs-to-be-Done Handbook with Bob Moesta.By Amy Jo Kim

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Garry Tan: Investing in Crypto 45:52

2y ago45:52

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Garry Tan is a software engineer turned entrepreneur turned investor. On his popular YouTube channel he offers advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. He is intensely aware of the privileged position he is in as a tech-savvy investor in Silicon Valley, and is eager to share his knowledge with the next generation.…

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Gabby Dizon: Axie Infinity & Play to Earn 41:01

2y ago41:01

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Gabby Dizon is cofounder of Yield Guild Games, an organization that helps its members make money playing blockchain-based play-to-earn games. As a long-time game developer and player, Gabby had long dreamed of a game guild owned by its members.By Amy Jo Kim

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Raph Koster: How to Create an Innovative Hit 19:37

2y ago19:37

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Raph Koster is an entrepreneur, game designer, and author of a Theory of Fun for Game Design. He is currently CEO of playable worlds. He was Lead Designer on pioneering MMO Ultima Online, and Creative Director of Star Wars Galaxies. He founded Metaplace in 2006, which was acquired by the social gaming company Playdom.…

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Mitch Zamara: Million on Mars & Play to Own 1:12:39

2y ago1:12:39

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Mitch Zamara is Lead Product Designer on Million on Mars: Land Rush! He has over a decade of experience as a game designer working in the free-to-play social/mobile game space at Zynga and other companies. He specializes in designing game economies.By Amy Jo Kim

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WDEK Ep. 100: Marcellus Hall An Artist in New York City - 2/22/22 1:01:39

2+ y ago1:01:39

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WE DID IT! We created 100 Episodes - which mean we stuck together for 100 months celebrating people from all walks of life, the comedy found in our lives and world, the amazing art created by those in our community and the voices of a wide array of inspirational people. We are proud and we are not shy about saying we are excited about what is yet t…

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WDEK Podcast Ep. 99: Subhah Agarwal & Michael Cyril Creighton - 1/25/22 1:07:14

2+ y ago1:07:14

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Happy New Year! Justin, Christian and Shonali are together again virtually for their 99th episode. 99 months together and they start the year out with a bang. Insert - Shonali's video of a downpour in her apartment. Christian coins the term twinergy. Our first guest is stand-up comedian, writer, actress Subhah Agarwal (Late Night with Lilly Singh, …

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WDEK Podcast Ep. 98: Julie Felix and Rashad Bashir - 11/30/21 1:30:57

3y ago1:30:57

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Christian and Shonali are back with two celebrations under their bigger belt lines - Halloween AND Thanksgiving! Our special guests are NYC comedian, actor, host Rashad Bashir and for the first time ever, Christian's twin sister Julie Felix, an expert leader in diversity, equity and inclusion join us on the show. Don't tell us you can't figure out …

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WDEK Podcast Ep. 97: Joaquín Torres & Jordan Carlos - 10/26/21 1:16:27

3y ago1:16:27

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It's October and the creepy crawly mood is upon us. Shonali has her jack-o-lanterns lit. Christian says there's a chance that he'll be an N95 mask for Halloween. Justin and his family will be "Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti" (3 Happy Dead Guys!) Our special guests are former actor turned public servant, Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco Joaquín Torres …

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WDEK Podcast Ep. 96: Lizz Winstead & Saidah Blount - 9/28/21 1:39:52

3y ago1:39:52

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It's September! Fall has arrived and WDEK is not looking forward to the pumpkin spice lattes signage that will soon be everywhere! Justin the Intern joins us from Duluth, Minnesota. Christian and Shonali have just returned from visiting their parents in Chicago and Nashville. They discuss the Jedi mind tricks of their respective parents. The brilli…

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The Mindset of Personal Success in the Game Industry, with Tommy Tallarico 47:27

3y ago47:27

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In this episode: Jordan sits down with legendary video game composer, producer, and entrepreneur Tommy Tallarico, whose career spans over 30 years in the gaming industry. Known for his work on iconic titles like Prince of Persia, Earthworm Jim, and MDK, Tommy shares his inspiring journey from homelessness to launching major projects such as Video G…

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WDEK Podcast Ep. 95: Merrill Davis & Táhlia Audrí - 8/31/21 1:18:57

3y ago1:18:57

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Justin The Intern is the father of a month old baby! Whoa! Christian was mask shamed in Justin's home state. Shonali learns what "bussin" means. It's US Open Tennis Tournament time in NYC and we needed this! Our guests are comedian, performers, writers Merrill Davis and Táhlia Audrí! Merrill currently lives in Los Angeles. She generously shares her…

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How to Create Breakthrough Worldwide Hits, with Amy Jo Kim 40:58

3y ago40:58

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In this episode: Jordan sits down with Amy Jo Kim, a game designer, community architect, and innovation coach, named by Fortune as one of the “Top 10 Influential Women in Games.” Amy Jo has contributed to hit games like The Sims, Rock Band, Ultima Online, and Covet Fashion, and has worked on non-gaming products such as eBay, Netflix, and NYTimes.co…

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Shots On Goal, with Jon Radoff 50:59

3y ago50:59

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In this episode: Jordan sits down with Jon Radoff, the founder of Beamable,the creator-centric platform for building live games in Unity. Jon's career spans across multiple areas of the game industry, from building one of the first commercial internet games to leading the development of popular mobile games like Game of Thrones Ascent and Star Trek…

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How to Win as a Mobile Game Entrepreneur, With Joakim Achrén 44:07

3y ago44:07

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In this episode: Jordan interviews Joakim Achrén, a gaming entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience. Joakim shares his journey from co-founding two venture-backed gaming startups, including Next Games (which IPOed in 2017), to his current role at Elite Game Developers. Joakim helps aspiring game entrepreneurs launch their own studios and is al…

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