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EGD 012: Growing a Profitable Games Company with Mariina Hallikainen CEO of Colossal Order

Mariina Hallikainen – Photography: Saana Säilynoja Today I talk with Mariina Hallikainen, the CEO of Colossal Order, a Tampere, Finland based company that developed the hugely successful game Cities: Skylines in 2015. Mariina is a first-time CEO of a games...

EGD 011: How Venture Capital Works For Games with Carl Fritjofsson Partner at Creandum

Today I had a chat with Carl Fritjofsson, partner at venture capital firm Creandum, with offices in Stockholm, San Francisco and Berlin.  Before his VC job, Carl founded two startups and raised several rounds of funding. After his second company, Carl...

EGD 010: Building a Diverse Games Company with Nikolina Zidar, Co-Founder and CEO of Unicorn Pirates

Today I talk with Nikolina Zidar, the co-founder and CEO of Unicorn Pirates, a mobile games studio that values a diverse culture for making great games for the underserved markets. Nikolina shares her journey into the games industry, how she found her company and what...

EGD 009: Life Goes On with Lasse Seppänen, former Co-Founder and CEO of PlayRaven

Today I’m chatting with Lasse Seppänen, who was previously co-founder and CEO of PlayRaven, the developer of the Spymaster games. I’ve personally known Lasse for over 15 years and have huge respect for him and how he has operated in companies like Sumea, Digital...

EGD 008: Learning as a First Time Founder with Olesja Marjalaakso, Co-Founder and CEO of Polka Dot Studio

Olesja Marjalaakso is the Co-Founder and CEO of Polka Dot Studio, a Helsinki based games company, focusing on creating gaming experienced around fashion, with games like Trendy Stylist, Idle Fashion Queen and Fasion Boutique Shop. We discuss with Olesja on how she...

EGD 7: Staying Fiercely Independent and How Culture is King with Josh Nilson from East Side Games

Josh Nilson is the co-founder and CEO of East Side Games, out of Vancouver. East Side Games is an independent game studio, and they are a unique games company in everything they do. On their website, they say that “We take pride in doing things differently...
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