BWB#70: Survive to '25 (and beyond)


Hello friends,

Greetings from Utrecht!

If you've been to any games industry events this year (and even if you haven't), you've heard the tag line:

"Survive to '25"

But what does that mean, exactly, and what can you do to increase your chances of survival?

This was the topic of my talk during Reboot Develop Blue 2024.

In my talk, I covered four main topics:

🛤️ How we got to this point

🏕️ How to survive to '25

🌱 How to thrive in '25

🔄 How our industry can change for the better

Check out my full talk in the video below:

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If you liked the talk, it would help me tremendously if you would consider giving it some love on LinkedIn, either by liking it or reposting it to share with your network

See you in two weeks!

Martijn


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