In this episode, Tommy interviews Diego Kafie, the Co-Founder and CEO of Playbite, an arcade app where players can win real prizes or earn money by creating games. They discuss taking the leap of launching a startup, monetization strategies, and the three-way relationship between app developers, players, and users who can learn how to make games through Playbite’s creator platform.
Questions Diego answered in this Episode:
- Was leaving your job and jumping into venture funding for Playbite scary for you? What was the learning curve like?
- What is Playbite and how did you get backers to believe in Playbite?
- What models do you use to monetize Playbite?
- How do you overcome the obstacle of teaching aspiring creators how to code games?
Timestamp:
- 4:54 Diego’s background & origin of Playbite
- 11:17 Launching Playbite
- 12:54 Chuck E Cheese to Playbite
- 17:53 Creator platform: a symbiotic relationship
- 25:00 Monetization models
- 30:30 Coaching aspiring game creators
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