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

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Published 2023-04-26

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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Links:

The Gamecraft Podcast
www.gamecraftpod.com/

Mitch and Blake on Twitter
twitter.com/mitchlasky
twitter.com/blakeir

The Genius of the System
www.amazon.com/Genius-System-Hollywood-Filmmaking-…

Mitch’s old “Investing in Content” blog post
web.archive.org/web/20131013193226/http://mitchlas…

That Game Company and Sky
thatgamecompany.com/
thatgamecompany.com/sky/

Riot and the League of Legends dota-allstars.com growth hack
www.hotspawn.com/dota2/guides/dota-allstars-com

Note: Acquired hosts and guests may hold assets discussed in this episode. This podcast is not investment advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any financial transactions.

All Comments (7)

@IamJesseConnor 3 months ago

Insane value! Thank you so much, from a studio founder in scale up mode 🙏🏼🚀
@archiewall124 9 months ago

Damn it’s Quad’s dad
@chuckstu 1 year ago

Thanks for putting the perfect cherry on top of Gamecraft. Gentlemen, well done.
@yrahmed 1 year ago

This is so good, thanks for getting this convo with the triple OG Mitch Lasky
@MichaelBabich 1 year ago

Great episode. 🤗 Guys, did you delete the LVMH episode from YouTube? I wanted to share it with a friend and couldn't find it on your channel here. I remember that the episode used to be on YouTube. Sharing an episode via a podcast app on mobile phone isn't viable from my experience—YouTube is the only option to share and be sure that a person who gets the link could listen to it and doesn't get a dead link due to having a different podcast app setup... or having a podcast app at all. For my podcast, YouTube is the primary sharing option that 100% works for a recipient.
@Ryan.G.Spalding 1 year ago

Why isn't all your stuff like ACQ2 uploaded on YouTube? I hate the search function on podcast players.