While doing my usual grocery runs at the Safeway store along Bernado Ave., I was approached by two young looking gentlemen. They took out A4 sized paper which had handwritten sketch of what seemed like random objects. There was a tiny square at the top right corner of a larger square and they asked me what it seemed like to me if I see my own face within the smaller square. ‘It’s probably an avatar of myself, which would go around gobbling objects in the larger square,’ I replied after so
me deliberation. One of them smiled, while the other was furiously taking down notes of my comments.
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Gaming convergence
The rise of Zynga opens up a new chapter for the gaming industry – the era of social gaming. Robust platforms such as Facebook for personal computers or Apps Store for IOS/Android device provide a strong ground for many game studios to sow the seeds of many popular titles like Sim Social or FarmVille. There are certain distinct differences in traits between a social game and a normal game. One notable difference is in the target audience; simple and addictive gameplay targeting at casual gamers versus complex elements in gameplay targeting the hardcore ones. But now the boundary is getting finer and perhaps it might disappear in the near future.
Sharon Vosmek, CEO of Astia
Astia is a rich ecosystem of investors, advisors, entrepreneurs, sponsors and mentors with a mission to create an inclusive community that provides the precise support that women entrepreneurs need to thrive in their enterprises and ultimately impact today’s global economy.
Sharon Vosmek is really passionate about entrepreneurship especially women entrepreneurs. She has a uniquely well-suited background to drive Astia’s mission of propelling women-led, high growth entrepreneurial businesses to success.
Money Management for Startups
For many a start-up, money can be a frightening prospect. Funding, burn rates are things that can give any would-be entrepreneur a chill down the spine. With running out of money being the number one cause of death in enterprises, it is no wonder that money management is high up on the priorities list of start-ups. However, there is good news: you can predict when you would run out of money, knowing your funds and burn rate.
We will analyze how to best spend that hard earned (or begged) cash effectively.
From gaming to startups: How new distribtion model disrupt the market
Gaming industry is growing really fast these days, with people spending time for social games like FarmVille or spreading news about Angry Birds. Many new forces have emerged in recent years, sundering the game distribution landscape. Although high-quality, high-cost games like Starcraft, Mass Effect, Fallout.. still takes a large proportion of the market, games produced at smaller cost are coming into view. Examples are Zinga’s FarmVille, Popcap game… and huge numbers of games distributed through the Apps store. Besides being able to captivate the audience with their great gameplay and interactions, the way they are distributed also plays a major role.
