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EGD 6: Building a Successful Games Company with Kalle Makinen and Aarni Linnakangas

Today I talked with Kalle Mäkinen and Aarni Linnakangas, the co-founders of Superplus Games, the makers of Hills of Steel. Their journey into games entrepreneurship and experiences so far have been quite exciting. Today they will share how they approach game...

EGD 5: Building a Flat Organization for a Games Company with Futureplay Games Founder and CEO Jami Laes

Today I had a talk with Jami Laes, Co-Founder and CEO of Futureplay Games, the makers of Battlelands Royale. Jami is a long-time games industry veteran, who’s career spans from working at Digital Chocolate, EA, Rovio and now at his own company. Jami and his team have...

EGD 4: When stars align and co-founders start their games company, with Paul Kurowski and Robin Squire, Co-Founders of Black Block

A true first-time founder story, talking with Robin Squire and Paul Kurowski. Robin is the CEO and Paul the Creative Director of Black Block, a new games company in Helsinki, Finland. I’ve known Robin personally for several years and I’m super proud of him...

EGD 3: Scratching the creative itch with designing and building a company, capturing the spirit of the company values, and how the games company is like a pirate ship, with Derk de Geus, Co-Founder @ Paladin Studios

Right-click here and save as to download this episode to your computer. Today I’m talking with Derk de Geus, the co-founder of Paladin Studios. Derk has been building his games company for close to fifteen years, and has many insights to share with us. Derk shares the...

EGD 2: How you can raise money for your early stage games company, with Sisu Game Venture partners Samuli Syvähuoko and Kalle Kaivola

Right-click here and save as to download this episode to your computer. Today I met with Samuli Syvähuoko and Kalle Kaivola from Sisu Game Ventures, on topic around investing into games companies, founder dynamics, investor selection and how founders should operate...

EGD 1: How to develop your game team when the company is still small, how the games market is still a blue ocean, working with games focused VC, building a culture with Stella Wang, Co-Founder and CEO @ Dazzle Rocks

Right-click here and save as to download this episode to your computer. Today I interviewed Stella Wang, Co-Founder and CEO Dazzle Rocks. With Stella we talk about her route into games startups and founding Dazzle Rocks with her co-founder. What is the game idea...
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