In August of 2020, I did a webinar with the UK’s Department for International Trade as part of a virtual Northern Powerhouse trade mission to gamescom and devcom, on the topic of Best practices for video pitching. In this lecture, I talk to Northern Powerhouse...
Today I’m talking with Jani Penttinen, the Co-Founder & CEO of Utopos Games, based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Jani started his career in gaming over twenty years ago, first in Finland, before moving to work at Westwood Studios in the States. Later he founded a few...
Laurent Notin is an entrepreneur and business coach, who just recently moved to Finland. I was introduced to him during the summer of 2019 and we have been chatting pretty much every week after that. We discuss tactical topics, philosophical topics, everything that...
Today I’m talking with Jeferson Valadares, the Co-Founder and CEO of Doppio Games, a voice games statup from Lisbon, Portugal. I’ve known Jeff for years, since he was working in Helsinki for Digital Chocolate. After the years in Finland, Jeff worked at EA, Bioware,...
Today I’m talking with Matteo Vallone, who is a Principal at venture capital firm Initial Capital, who invests in seed and early-stage companies with a focus on games, consumer services and technology enablers. Matteo worked for several years at Google Play, where he...
Today I’m having a chat with Kristian Metzger, the Co-Founder and CEO of Stratosphere Games, who are based out of Berlin, Germany. Kristian and his team are building midcore games with a team of 22 people, and they have always bootstrapped the company. There story is...
