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Описание: Guest: Mark Pincus, Co-Founder & Chairman of Zynga, and managing member & co-founder of Reinvent Capital

Before Zynga and Facebook made social gaming mainstream, the video game industry was “extreme on this being about art and crafting,” recalls Zynga founder Mark Pincus. He believes his winning instinct was the realization that games were “at least 50 percent science” — but it’s not enough to just have the instinct.

Mark says entrepreneurs like him have to quickly take multiple shots on the goal and “look for feedback loops that tell you your instinct is right. You need to get to a minimum viable idea state and you need to find true signal around that idea state, that it’s right or wrong, and move on.”

00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:01 Turning Frustration into Innovation
00:12:06 Being ‘Fundable’ Doesn’t Guarantee Success
00:18:30 Lessons from Zynga's Early Days
00:22:16 The Secret to Creating Timeless Digital Products
00:24:49 The Truth About Disrupting the Gaming Industry
00:32:05 Turning Past Grievances into Innovation
00:35:37 Zynga's Investment on Facebook
00:38:21 The Fall of Tribe.net
00:45:40 How Zynga's Poker Game Became a Social Gaming Sensation
00:56:12 How Too Much Success Can Backfire
01:03:01 The Risks of Wrong Delegation
01:15:16 Mark Pincus on Igniting New Ventures
01:17:57 Why Grit Equals Success