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Explore growth techniques and insights from business leaders around the world as they share their entrepreneur story. How I built this is a podcast to share lessons and challenges from the forefront, so you can fast forward the learnings for your own business. Ivan Kan is the SVP of Strategy at Avenue Z, and the co-founder of Crowdcreate.
How this Venture Backed Startup is Transforming Every Video into a Mobile Game - Overplay
How I Built This
40 minutes 42 seconds
2 years ago
How this Venture Backed Startup is Transforming Every Video into a Mobile Game - Overplay
In this interview, Co-founders Dan Projansky and Caroline Strzalka share their vision to empower all content creators to become game creators from any video quickly and easily. Together they share an impressive experience of success in media, entertainment, and finance.
Dan Projansky is an award-winning game designer (and Emmy nominee) who has created games for Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, and apps with 25M+ downloads. Caroline Strzalka is a two-time founder and business development executive who has built partnerships with Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube and is a former investment banker with experience taking multiple companies public. Projansky and Strzalka joined forces after working together at Sesame Workshop.
With thousands of creators already on the waitlist to use Overplay's game maker, you'll hear the entrepreneur story from the founders as they share how they built a community around creators and raised $1.5m through a Regulation CF community investment round. Find out why trends in hyper-casual games and bite-sized social media content are fueling the future of gaming and interactive content.
Highlights:
0:06:32 - Meeting at Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop)
0:11:35 - The next logical step for media
0:12:16 - Play the game into existence
0:15:06 - The trend toward parasocial relationships through media
0:21:15 - Influencers become the stars of their very own game
0:22:47 - Who was Overplay created for?
0:27:57 - Why run a Reg CF campaign on WeFunder?
0:35:00 - Gaming meets medical therapeutics
0:39:46 - Building a tool for everyone
The goal is to share wisdom and insights from the smartest people in the room with you, so you can make more informed decisions in your business.
How I Built This
Explore growth techniques and insights from business leaders around the world as they share their entrepreneur story. How I built this is a podcast to share lessons and challenges from the forefront, so you can fast forward the learnings for your own business. Ivan Kan is the SVP of Strategy at Avenue Z, and the co-founder of Crowdcreate.
