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115. Laura Carter CEO's Diary: Leading A Purpose-Driven Gaming Company in 2024
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In this episode, we follow the journey of Laura Carter, CEO and co-founder of TreesPlease Games, with the mission to bring a positive impact on the planet, through games. After a stellar career at companies such as Natural Motion, Square Enix, The Walt Disney Company and PlayStation Studios, Laura decided in 2019 to take a leap and bring her passion for the planet and business together and found TreesPlease Games.
TreesPlease Games raised $8M in seed funding in 2023: https://mobilegamer.biz/treesplease-games-gets-8m-in-seed-funding-reveals-debut-game-longleaf-valley/
Laura shares about the process of navigating the challenges of starting a company as an initial solo founder, raising funds, assembling a team, making a game that aligns with the company's environmental mission, and managing the operational demands of achieving the company's goals. The team at Trees Please is proud to have planted nearly a million trees through their gaming activity and first casual puzzle title Longleaf Valley. Despite various challenges, TreesPlease aims to continue creating environmentally-themed casual puzzle games, with plans to launch more in 2024.
Learn more about TreesPlease reforestation project:
https://www.treespleasegames.com/real-tree-planting
https://www.edenprojects.org/
01:03 Laura's Journey into Entrepreneurship
03:34 The Birth of TreesPlease Games
05:23 Challenges and Triumphs of Starting a Company
06:57 The Importance of a Supportive Network
07:32 Balancing Motherhood and Entrepreneurship
10:01 Building the Founding Team
10:26 Securing Initial Funding
12:23 The Journey of Building Longleaf Valley
17:35 The Impact of Longleaf Valley, planting 1,000,000 trees
36:51 The Future of TreesPlease Studio
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⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ If you enjoyed today's episode make sure to rate it on Spotify, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or simply share it with a friend.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riseandplay.substack.com
133 episodes
Manage episode 404760192 series 3005072
In this episode, we follow the journey of Laura Carter, CEO and co-founder of TreesPlease Games, with the mission to bring a positive impact on the planet, through games. After a stellar career at companies such as Natural Motion, Square Enix, The Walt Disney Company and PlayStation Studios, Laura decided in 2019 to take a leap and bring her passion for the planet and business together and found TreesPlease Games.
TreesPlease Games raised $8M in seed funding in 2023: https://mobilegamer.biz/treesplease-games-gets-8m-in-seed-funding-reveals-debut-game-longleaf-valley/
Laura shares about the process of navigating the challenges of starting a company as an initial solo founder, raising funds, assembling a team, making a game that aligns with the company's environmental mission, and managing the operational demands of achieving the company's goals. The team at Trees Please is proud to have planted nearly a million trees through their gaming activity and first casual puzzle title Longleaf Valley. Despite various challenges, TreesPlease aims to continue creating environmentally-themed casual puzzle games, with plans to launch more in 2024.
Learn more about TreesPlease reforestation project:
https://www.treespleasegames.com/real-tree-planting
https://www.edenprojects.org/
01:03 Laura's Journey into Entrepreneurship
03:34 The Birth of TreesPlease Games
05:23 Challenges and Triumphs of Starting a Company
06:57 The Importance of a Supportive Network
07:32 Balancing Motherhood and Entrepreneurship
10:01 Building the Founding Team
10:26 Securing Initial Funding
12:23 The Journey of Building Longleaf Valley
17:35 The Impact of Longleaf Valley, planting 1,000,000 trees
36:51 The Future of TreesPlease Studio
💌 Don't forget to subscribe to Rise and Play for further news: https://www.riseandplay.io/blog
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ If you enjoyed today's episode make sure to rate it on Spotify, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or simply share it with a friend.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riseandplay.substack.com
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