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Ep 10: Ran Mo, Proxima
Ran Mo, founder of Proxima in 2021, didn’t always work in games. He initially spent time as more of a consultant and corporate strategy side of things before transitioning into product management at Electronic Arts. That said, entrepreneurship and games was always the goal and so he spent time learning what he felt he needed to before making the jump. And despite being a very hard jump, Proxima has been successful! Releasing Suck Up, one of the first embodied AI games, earlier this year to strong success and building off of that. Ran’s journey has definitely had some wild turns and was wonderful to listen to. Let’s jump in.
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Ep 9: Mickael Zerihoun, Caldera InteractiveEp 9: Mickael Zerihoun, Caldera Interactive
Ep 9: Mickael Zerihoun, Caldera Interactive
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I met Mickael through the local development community in Vancouver Canada. He’s one of the founders of Caldera Interactive which spun up in 2019. As you’ll hear, Caldera really came together in the classic game industry fable way of folks who wanted to make games, doing it on the side, then make a play to do it full-time and succeed. In this case, the play was applying for the Canadian Media Fu...
Ep 8: Andy Mauro, StorycraftEp 8: Andy Mauro, Storycraft
Ep 8: Andy Mauro, Storycraft
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Andy Mauro founded Storycraft in 2023 after spending a lot of time in the "chatbot" tech space, including a previously founded and exited company. He and I got to know each other through our mutual investor, London Venture Partners. I've always really enjoyed his insights from the tech side as he approaches building a game studio and merges his prior founding experience with being a lifelong ga...
Ep 7: Guy Costantini, Stealth StudioEp 7: Guy Costantini, Stealth Studio
Ep 7: Guy Costantini, Stealth Studio
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This episode I talk with Guy Costantini who heads up a studio that is still in stealth. His journey is a unique one as he comes from a marketing background into entrepeneur life. He's worked as some major studios - Riot, CD Projekt, and Skydance - and is now translating a decade of lessons and experiences into a unique founding journey. We talk quite a bit about how he jumped in, how he's navig...
Ep 6: Jenny Xu, Talofa GamesEp 6: Jenny Xu, Talofa Games
Ep 6: Jenny Xu, Talofa Games
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In this episode we talk to Jenny Xu who founded Talofa Games in 2021 right after graduating from MIT. I personally haven't run into someone before who said that they started a studio because it was easier than finding a job, but I have now. I think this may be a more common perspective these days with the current job market in games. As you'll hear, Jenny is incredibly driven and that has prope...
Ep 5: Zabir Hoque, Torbie GamesEp 5: Zabir Hoque, Torbie Games
Ep 5: Zabir Hoque, Torbie Games
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This episode we talk with Zabir Hoque, who founded Torbie in 2022. He’s a digipen graduate who’s worked at large companies as an engineer both in and out of games, as well as having a front-row seat to startup life as an early employee at System Era Softworks. It was interesting to hear how all of those experiences really molded the kind of journey Zabir has gone on, and what kind of studio he’...
Ep 4: Emily Greer, Kongregate & Double Loop GamesEp 4: Emily Greer, Kongregate & Double Loop Games
Ep 4: Emily Greer, Kongregate & Double Loop Games
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This episode I sit down with Emily Greer who co-founded Kongregate in 2006, and then went on her second founding journey with Double Loop Games in 2019. We talk about how her first journey led to her second, and how both were learning experiences in different ways. I think we often over-mythologize successes like Kongregate - which defined web based games for a generation - and (for very human ...
Ep 3: Paul Sage, Ruckus GamesEp 3: Paul Sage, Ruckus Games
Ep 3: Paul Sage, Ruckus Games
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This week we sit down with Paul Sage who founded Ruckus Games in 2021 after spending most of his career in larger, and notable, AAA studios. It was a real learning journey going from someone who didn't really believe he would ever start his own studio to starting one with seven cofounders. I really loved how Paul took on this challenge, researched, and dove into going from a game developer to C...
Ep 2: Jessica Murrey, Wicked Saints StudioEp 2: Jessica Murrey, Wicked Saints Studio
Ep 2: Jessica Murrey, Wicked Saints Studio
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Jessica Murrey didn't set out to start a game studio, but instead change the world. I've met many for whom that claim would be a bit of lip service, but Jess is the real deal starting out in non-profits with a focus on creating the next generation of activists and advocacy. Her story of going from that world to commercial game studio is a fun one, filled with learnings and grit. I feel inspired...
Ep 1: Derek Reese (Chronicler)Ep 1: Derek Reese (Chronicler)
Ep 1: Derek Reese (Chronicler)
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Welcome to the first episode! Founder's Quest is a podcast about the journeys of folks building game studios. It's really aimed at the journey itself, and the individual on it, more than the company. We're trying to help show how different a varied it can be, and the commonalities. Bring a sense of connection to all of us who are on it. This episode we talked to Derek Reese, one of the founders...

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  • @marcuscolello
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    What was the books name that he sent you later?

    • @thestatuskwoh
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      Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson