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That VC would need a lot of confidence in the team to be willing to fully fund them with no revenue, clients, or IP.
by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
That VC would need a lot of confidence in the team to be willing to fully fund them with no revenue, clients, or IP.
- epicureanideal 5y agoSure, but to whatever extent the human resources are the engine that drives creation of revenue, clients, and IP, it would seem that taking a large chunk of an existing working machine would have better odds than some other startup, right?
- winphone1974 5y agoThat's the point, they aren't. You need developers to execute but with today's triple A franchise titles and marketing-heavy launches it's not sufficient.
- wonderwonder 5y agoI don't think they are. I think at most companies most people are replaceable. Each company has a few key players that are truly cornerstone employees. Almost everyone else can be swapped out as needed. Not saying losing a key Sr. wont cause a set back but with the right hire (and they are not that scarce) they are back on track in a bit. Most of us think we are super valuable and that a company will suffer when we leave but reality is that it rarely happens; there are of course exceptions. Blizzard already the has the IP, everything else is just cogs.
- CyanBird 5y agoThese people are just inherently creative, just look at hearthstone which was a prototype "quickly made" by Brode and friends while inside Blizz They could easily create large IPs and games if they so desired/needed, after all that's what they were hired to do in the first place
- mandelbrotwurst 5y agoFair enough, I’m coming at this from more of a non-gaming tech / SaaS startup lens. Maybe it would work, I’m not sure!