Joakim Achrén's guest appearances

Joakim Achrén

Playmakers - The Game Industry Podcast

Getting2Alpha

Rise and Play Podcast

Jason Della Rocca

Tommy Tallarico

Jay Powell

Robin Hunicke

Mike Mika

Adrian Crook

Lorne Lanning

Amy Jo Kim

Tom Hammond

Ian Milham

Steve Meretzky

Eric Zimmerman

Ed Kuehnel

Tadhg Kelly

Michael Bross

OwlTail

Joakim Achrén, “the gaming startup guy”, is a games investor, and founder of Elite Game Developers, which provides advice for game founders. He co-founded Next Games (which was acquired by Netflix), and worked as Director of Analytics at Supercell. 

Joakim Achrén, “the gaming startup guy”, is a games investor, and founder of Elite Game Developers, which provides advice for game founders. He co-founded Next Games (which was acquired by Netflix), and worked as Director of Analytics at Supercell.

Joakim Achrén: Investing in Games

Joakim Achrén is a gaming entrepreneur, with fifteen years of experience from two venture-backed gaming startups, including Next Games, which IPOed in 2107. Joakim is now running Elite Game Developers, a company that helps entrepreneurs start their first game company. He's also an angel investor in Skunkworks Games, Lightheart Entertainment, Savage Game Studios, and more. Joakim recently took on the role of Venture Partner at Play Ventures and hosts his own podcast, Elite Game Developers Podcast. Join us in this fascinating discussion with topics like:    How Joakim caught “the bug” for helping other foundersWhat comes between the early validation phase and obtaining data from user behavior within a playable version of your gameThe most common trap mobile developers fall into The biggest takeaways you should be gaining from your metricsThe key to building mobile games that make players want to come backThe balance between “stealing like an artist” and innovating What the gaming industry can learn from Pixar’s creative process Resources Mentioned:  Connect with Joakim on LinkedInCheck out Elite Game DevelopersListen to Elite Game Developers PodcastRead Joakim's BlogConnect with Joakim on TwitterRead “Creativity Inc.” by Ed Catmull

Joakim Achrén is a gaming entrepreneur, with fifteen years of experience from two venture-backed gaming startups, including Next Games, which IPOed in 2107. Joakim is now running Elite Game Developers, a company that helps entrepreneurs start their first game company. He's also an angel investor in Skunkworks Games, Lightheart Entertainment, Savage Game Studios, and more. Joakim recently took on the role of Venture Partner at Play Ventures and hosts his own podcast, Elite Game Developers Podcast.  Join us in this fascinating discussion with topics like:     <ul><li>How Joakim caught “the bug” for helping other founders</li><li>What comes between the early validation phase and obtaining data from user behavior within a playable version of your game</li><li>The most common trap mobile developers fall into </li><li>The biggest takeaways you should be gaining from your metrics</li><li>The key to building mobile games that make players want to come back</li><li>The balance between “stealing like an artist” and innovating </li><li>What the gaming industry can learn from Pixar’s creative process </li></ul>Resources Mentioned:   <ul><li>Connect with Joakim on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jachren/?originalSubdomain=fi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li><li>Check out <a href="https://elitegamedevelopers.com/home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elite Game Developers</a></li><li>Listen to <a href="https://elitegamedevelopers.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elite Game Developers Podcast</a></li><li>Read <a href="https://elitegamedevelopers.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joakim's Blog</a></li><li>Connect with Joakim on <a href="https://twitter.com/joakim_a?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li>Read “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc-Overcoming-Unseen-Inspiration/dp/0812993012" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creativity Inc.</a>” by Ed Catmull</li></ul>

How to Win as a Mobile Game Entrepreneur, With Joakim Achrén

In this episode, Joakim and I cover how Elite Game Developers started: how the platform grew up to 3,000+ subscribers in 2 years, what was the reasoning behind the content creation, and what is the ambition with the platform going forward. Joakim shares few pieces of wisdom about his life values and priorities, why he decided to not start another company to create Elite Game Developers instead, a great platform of content for founders to not repeat the common mistakes and pitfalls in the industry. We also touch on the topic of angel investing, and why it is important to continue to support the ecosystem of founders. Joakim Achrén is a gaming entrepreneur, with fifteen years of experience from two venture-backed gaming startups, including Next Games, which IPO-ed in 2107. Joakim is now running Elite Game Developers, a company that helps entrepreneurs start their first games company. He's also an angel investor in Skunkworks Games, Lightheart Entertainment, Savage Game Studios, and more. Joakim recently took on the role of Venture Partner at Play Ventures. More about Elite Game Developers: https://elitegamedevelopers.com/

In this episode, Joakim and I cover how Elite Game Developers started: how the platform grew up to 3,000+ subscribers in 2 years, what was the reasoning behind the content creation, and what is the ambition with the platform going forward. Joakim shares few pieces of wisdom about his life values and priorities, why he decided to not start another company to create Elite Game Developers instead, a great platform of content for founders to not repeat the common mistakes and pitfalls in the industry. We also touch on the topic of angel investing, and why it is important to continue to support the ecosystem of founders. Joakim Achrén is a gaming entrepreneur, with fifteen years of experience from two venture-backed gaming startups, including Next Games, which IPO-ed in 2107. Joakim is now running Elite Game Developers, a company that helps entrepreneurs start their first games company. He's also an angel investor in Skunkworks Games, Lightheart Entertainment, Savage Game Studios, and more. Joakim recently took on the role of Venture Partner at Play Ventures. More about Elite Game Developers: <a href="https://elitegamedevelopers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://elitegamedevelopers.com/</a>

S1E03 Elevating Game Founders - with Joakim Achrén