Pixel Retentive Podcast
This is Pixel Retentive podcast, where Colorful Carl, an Artist and a Business Owner, discusses the art of business and the business of art. Here, we explore the intersection of creativity, business, marketing, and entrepreneurship with some of the leading minds in the space.
Episodes
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Chris Overlay, founder and CEO of GetHoptimized, to unpack the science and strategy behind turning marketing spend into measurable ROI. Chris shares lessons from more than a decade in digital marketing, helping craft beverage brands, breweries, and small businesses build high-performing advert...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Corbin Reeves, game designer, educator, and founder of Azure Ravens Entertainment, to explore what it really takes to build a sustainable indie game studio in an industry known for volatility, uncertainty, and relentless competition.
Over the past decade, Corbin has built Azure Ravens into a thriv...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Cheryl Platz, founder of Idea Platz, author, strategist, game development leader, and one of the industry's most respected voices on sustainable game development and player experience.
With a career spanning Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Amazon, Riot Games, Disney Parks, the Bill & Melinda Gates...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with James Marcus, Art Director and Creative Leader at Snail Games USA, to explore the future of game art, creative careers, and what it means to thrive in an industry being reshaped by AI.
Drawing on experience across gaming, immersive media, and teams connected to Sony, Riot, Technicolor, Blur Studio...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Andrew Perlmutter, CEO of NBA Take-Two Media (NBA T2), to explore how some of the world's most recognizable brands are transforming fan engagement, community building, and sports entertainment through participation.
Andrew shares his journey from helping launch groundbreaking media ventures like Quartz and Stat News to leading NBA T2, a ...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Paul Harvey, co-founder of Escape Mail, to explore what it really takes to pivot a hands-on escape room business into a global tabletop brand.
Paul shares how Mobile Escape began as physical escape rooms built inside 30 foot trailers serving schools and corporate events, only to have the business...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Veronica Kido, award-winning publicist and founder of Kido Communications, to explore how strategic brand positioning earns real media attention.
Veronica shares how her background in journalism shaped her approach to PR, why most companies misunderstand how media actually works, and how validati...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl connects with Chris Zukowski, game marketing researcher and creator of howtomarketagame.com to unpack what it really takes to build a sustainable creative business without chasing social media vanity metrics.
Chris shares his journey from corporate UX leadership roles at IBM, American Airlines, and Solera Health ...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Jonathan Domanus, founder of CardMill, to explore what it really takes to turn a personal frustration into a funded hardware startup.
Jonathan shares how a lifelong love of Magic the Gathering led him to build an automated trading card scanner and sorter after realizing the only existing solution...
In this episode, Carl sits down with Jonathan Grzybowski, CMO and co-founder of Penji, to unpack what it really takes to bootstrap and scale a global creative company without outside funding.
With over 15 years in the industry, Jonathan shares his journey from launching a digital marketing agency in his early 20s to building Penji into an Inc. 5000 creative subsc...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Justin Superstar Johnson — Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, founder of BMP Creative, and creator of the AI-powered editorial tool Spooky Cutter.
From editing wedding videos on stacked VHS decks in the late 90s to producing over 2,000 videos annually for Netflix, Justin shares how showing...
In this episode, Carl sits down with Tim Thompson, Founder and Chief Revolution Thinker at RevThink, to unpack what it really takes to build a sustainable creative business without losing the soul of the work.
With nearly 30 years in the industry, Tim shares his journey from going door to door in Burbank to landing three job offers in a single day , to becoming a founding member of Imaginary Forces ...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Debbie Millman — designer, author of eight books, educator, branding expert, and host of the legendary Design Matters podcast — for a deeply honest conversation about mastery, reinvention, and building a c...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Thor Odinsson — creative polymath, experience architect, and former business development leader in the games industry — for a deep conversation on world building, experience design, and the accelerating impact of AI on creative business.
Thor's career spans fine art, music production,...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with David Gallaher, transmedia storyteller, writer, and creative executive whose career spans Marvel Comics, DC, Ubisoft, and immersive live experiences.
From breaking into Marvel with a hand-drawn comic strip resum to pioneering early interactive "cyber comics" and developing narrative systems for games and live events, David's journey is any...
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Kenneth R. FitzGerald — educator, designer, artist, curator, writer, and Professor of Design at Old Dominion University.
From starting out as a ceramics major to becoming a self described "accidental" design critic, Ken's journey is anything but linear. What began as a letter to the editor of Emigre Magazine turned into a decades lon...
This week on the Pixel Retentive Podcast, I sat down with Mario Kroll, founder of UberStrategist and a 30 year veteran of the video game and entertainment industry.
From launching WarGamer.com in the early days of online gaming to building a multi-award-winning PR and marketing agency, Mario has seen every hype cycle, platform shift, and industry reinvention you can imagine. He has navigated retail-to-digi...
Episode Summary
How do you generate billions of views without losing your humanity?
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl Cleanthes connects with
Episode Summary
This week on the Pixel Retentive Podcast, I connected with Dr. Jeremy Weisz, founder of Rise25, longtime podcaster, and one of the people directly responsible for this show existing in the first place.
Jeremy's journey is anything but linear. He started in biochemistry, became a chiropractor after witnessing the impact it had on his f...
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