Market possibilities and risk mitigation
This past week I talked to several founders, who were pitching to me, about two things.
1) Understanding where the
Gaming's Innovation Frontier
Joakim Achren — May 19, 2023
In Q1 of 2023, Konvoy Ventures did a great piece on the state of gaming.
EGD News #180 — My thoughts on secondary rounds
Let me explain what secondaries are.
The secondary provides liquidity to existing shareholders looking to sell some of their shares.
The 5 principles of an advisor
Hi, it’s Joakim here. This is the first guest post on EGD News, and I’m proud to have
PMF or Bust: The New Reality of Fundraising
Founders are hearing this a lot in 2023: A down-round is a terrible idea.
But it needs clarity.
A down-round
Creating Forever Games: The Dream of Hybrid Casual Developers
Joakim Achren — Mar 24, 2023
Hybrid casual comes from the Venn diagram of hyper-casual and casual mobile games, meaning the
10 lessons from my gaming angel syndicate
I’ve been angel investing in gaming since 2019. In 2020, I started an angel syndicate, EGD Angel Syndicate, focusing
Questions from an investor to a founder
Note: Next week there will be no newsletter as I will be at the Deconstructor of Fun Gaming Summit event
How to survive to 2025
In early January, I wrote my predictions for 2023. There I pointed out that startup fundraising will be challenging, or
EGD Meeting Scheduler Template
In the template, I’ve created six columns of date options and ten people who are participating in the meeting to be scheduled. After these instructions, you will know how to add and remove dates and people from your scheduler.