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Girl Geek Speaker SeriesFebruary 2010

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My Background

PROJECT LISTEN

BFA MET

EAALICEPAINTING

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From University to Company

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Challenges for a First Time Entrepreneur

FUNDING

CEO MARKET

EXPERIENCE

PRODUCT

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Pittsburgh – Silicon Valley

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Top Recommendations

Build Fast & Iterate

Find Great Co-Founders & Advisors

Sanity Check the Market Opportunity

Think Big, Dream Big, Start out Small & Local

Wear a Seat Belt – It is a Rocky Ride

Most Important – Have a Vision, Stay Determined, and Have Fun!

Start Today!

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The Wild Pockets Platform & Vision

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Building 3D Games is Hard!Could You Do This in a Weekend?

Pick PlatformBuild Assets

Write Code

Debug

User Test

Develop Concept

PublishDistribute& Market

MonetizeTrack & Iterate

Build Share Monetize

Considerations: Platform Assets Coding Debugging User testing Support & Community

Considerations: Publishing Submission Process Distribution &

Marketing Virality

Considerations: Monetization Best Practices Analytics Custom Data

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But small developers want to compete

Growing Independent Developer Market

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CommunityDevelopment

Distribution & Monetization

Wild Pockets – Democratizing 3D Game Creation

A Game Development Platform for Everyone!

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Development Tools & Marketplace

Free 3D browser-based game engine designed around

sharable game assets

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Community

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Distribution & Hosting

Viral Distribution (YouTube Style)

throughout the Web

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Monetization & Analytics

Directly integrated micro-transaction system & analytics

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Roadmap: Developer Community Growth

• Over 4000 registered developers

• 1200 active developers/month

• 25,000+ game assets

• Focus on community features, tutorials and asset gallery

• Next up - Marketplace for assets

Early Beta

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DEMO

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Questions?

Shanna Tellermanshanna@wildpockets.com

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