Kicking Asses, Making Happiness

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This was a talk I gave over skype to students in Stockholm for @gepstlm on my entrepreneurship journey, and my passions in gamification

Transcript of Kicking Asses, Making Happiness

kicking asses,

@keizng @gamemaki"

making HAPPINESS

http://bit.ly/ask_keith"#1  

GameMaki is a social discovery app to suggest

and claim real world challenges for points and rewards"

#2   @keizng  |  bit.ly/ask_keith  

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my hustler journey"-  started an online fantasy stock market of with game mechanics"

-  company was invested by myspace founder brad greenspan in 2009"

-  pivoted to gamemaki in 2011, poised to launch in end Feb 2012 globally"

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why am i doing this?"-  creative freedom, dream job, high stress"

-  thrilled by potentials of social media and gamification to change the world "

-  being part of progression; improving lives, improving society, improving the world making happiness"

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why u shd be a hustler"-  meeting and getting surrounded by amazing people"

-  learning things that can never be taught in schools and a salaried job"

-  creating impacts that will help you, your kids, and kids of your kids, and kids of …"

#6   @keizng  |  bit.ly/ask_keith  

why u shd be a hustler"-  high stress"

-  low pay"

-  little time for family, friends, and dating"

-  failure is almost for sure"

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but if u insist on hustlinʼ"- start networking, interning in startups (I didnʼt and I suffered…)"

-  make sure you work out and watch the diet"

-  find the right co-founder"

-  be product centric and solve a problem. service brings $$ but .."

?!#8   @keizng  |  bit.ly/ask_keith  

life is a game?!what if!

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gamification = "making an otherwise boring action/process fun, gamey, addictive, and it should be social "

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gamification can amplify the intrinsic &

extrinsic rewards"

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but gamification is not magic.

it is a strategy "

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which like many others, must be well

designed & planned"

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otherwise it will backfire"

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Thatʼs how I want to be kicking asses and

creating happiness. "

How you gonna do it? "

#17   @keizng  |  bit.ly/ask_keith  

@keizng"http://facebook.com/keizng"keith@gamemaki.com"

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