Welcome dear listener! This is a 2.5 gamers podcast with an honest interviews segment #4. Asking tough questions, having fun and dropping some knowledge with gaming industry peeps.
Erik Gloersen & Matej Lancaric
Youtube: https://youtu.be/U9VvPzLk3Pk
Agenda
00:00 Podcast intro
01:28 Erik Gloersen introduction
08:00 Erik & Sisu ventures
08:50 Pre-powerpoint investment
09:35 Which skills do you require to be a general manager in a fund?
11:20 Investing in repeat-founders
13:44 How to do the due diligence?
17:00 UA is hard, mobile is dead
21:00 Is blockchain a new way of gaming?
28:00 Who do you need in your founding team
29:20 Is UA important in the first stage?
32:00 How many home runs per failure do you need? How does the VC model work?
34:30 When bootstrap and when to take VC money?
40:19 Biggest regret in investment
42:00 Favourite books
https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc-Overcoming-Unseen-Inspiration/dp/0812993012
https://www.amazon.com/Built-to-Last-Jim-Collins-audiobook/dp/B0813QCVN9/ref=sr_1_1
https://www.amazon.com/Zero-to-One-audiobook/dp/B00M284NY2/ref=sr_1_1
44:35 Rapid quiz
Please share feedback and comments - matej@lancaric.me / lancaric.me
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