Best practices, models and frameworks that will help you run and grow a business in the videogames industry. https://www.martijnvanzwieten.com
BWB#70: Survive to '25 (and beyond)
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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: 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 Whenever you're ready, here are 3 ways I can help you: Get smart 🤓 Get started 💪 Get serious 🔥 |
Martijn van Zwieten
Best practices, models and frameworks that will help you run and grow a business in the videogames industry. https://www.martijnvanzwieten.com
Issue #95 Hello friends, Greetings from Utrecht! The year is 50% over, which is a perfect point to take stock and give you a short summary of what I’ve been doing. 2026 Halfway Point Update Client work I hit the ground running this year, starting work with no less than 5 studios in January that received funding from the Dutch Creative Industries fund to work with me. Besides that, I've been working with 3 long-term clients, implementing the Long Game Operating System one workshop at a time,...
Issue #94 Hello friends, Greetings from Utrecht! Last week I did a talk at Nordic Games about all the small-but-important ways I've seen founders accidentally contribute to the death of their studio. The room was packed, and since then at least a dozen people have contacted me to ask for the slides, or otherwise indicated that they wish they could have seen it. Thankfully, my good friend Wouter Go was on site to film the talk, and I'm happy to share it in its entirety with you today. Dumb...
Issue #93 Hello friends, Greetings from Utrecht! I've had an insanely busy couple of months just now, working with 10 different studios to do both team workshops and 1:1 coaching sessions. And while that kept me pretty preoccupied, it also provided me with plenty of new ideas and inspiration that I'll be processing and sharing in the weeks and months to come. The first of these is an article on scenario planning that was inspired by a recent conversation with an AAA studio leader. You can...