Gaming Subgroup

Yahoo Discussion Forum

CoLeads

• Steve Sopko

Charter/Mission

Mission

Support Bootstrapping in the Austin Gaming industry.

Represent & explain Bootstrapping to an industry that embraces the model, but does not share the vocabulary.

Bridge the divide between the traditional game company business model (slash, burn, sell to ***) and the Bootstrap ideal of building great, sustainable businesses.

Charter

The industry surrounding Gaming includes ventures that:

• design/develop (creation, expansion, editing)
• produce (print, programming, testing, art, music)
• market (channel marketing, community building)
• distribute (retail & direct fulfilment)
• support (hosting, events, systems), or
• integrate games into other ventures (consulting, entertainment, education).

In Austin, we have strong companies from both the digital (console, computer, massively multiplayer online, mobile) and hobby/traditional (card, board, RPG, miniature) sides of this industry.

Industry Subgroups: Art, Coaching, Education, Energy, Fashion, Film, Food, Gaming, Health, Music, Nonprofit, Publishing, Software, Sports, Theatre, Vehicles, Web