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Archive for July, 2009

Startup Diary – Fund Raising for a Video Game Company

Posted by Alan O'Dea | Jul 10, 2009 | Filed under Simple Lifeforms, Startup Diary

Setting up a company is always tough but has been made even more difficult for Simple Lifeforms because of two factors. One is obviously the current financial market which is truly terrible for all start-ups and continues to be so and the second is the fact we decided to make Social Games which is an entirely new games sector which a lot of investors really don’t know anything about yet. So for this start up diary I wanted to talk about the good, bad and ugly of fund raising for a games company as the biggest financial bomb in living memory blew up the investment market.

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Presentation from Ogilvy Games Day

Posted by Tadhg | Jul 7, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

I gave a presentation yesterday at the Ogilvy Games Day on the subject of social games, what they’re all about and why you should be paying attention to them. I’ve uploaded the presentation for you to check out.

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