Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming

Acquired

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

Venturecapital, Ma, Investing, Acquisitions, Startups, Vc, Investment, Business, Technology

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

We sit down Benchmark’s legendary gaming investors Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins (now also of the excellent Gamecraft podcast fame) to discuss the history and future of gaming business models. This episode is the perfect bookend to our Nintendo/Sega gaming series this season on Acquired — no one is more qualified than Mitch and Blake to breakdown how the business side of the industry has evolved so radically from the Periscope quarter-drop days to the forever games and platform based publishers of today.

Regardless if you’re a gamer, understanding the incredible innovation that’s taken place over the past two decades in gaming and what it portends for other industries is critical for any founder and investor to understand. Tune in!

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0:52.8	Welcome to this special episode of Acquired, the podcast about great technology companies
1:14.6	and the stories and playbooks behind them.
1:16.9	I'm Ben Gilbert.
1:17.9	I'm David Rosenthal.
1:19.4	And we are your hosts.
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