I’m looking for something new to work on. I’m meeting with smart people and promising companies to find the right opportunity.
As I started this process, I was still caught up in my startup. Most of the time GameLayers was five people. We shared a lot of responsibilities, and as CEO my roles included investor relations, team cheerleading, public relations, evangelism, new product development, strategy, product management. Also taking out the trash and booking plane tickets, arguing with the landlord. So, for a formal, larger corporation, what roles was I ready for?
My ready answer was “I get excited about things and I share my enthusiasm.” Between writing, speaking, or building a game out of the entire internet, most all of my professional work comes from sharing what I believed. Most of my profesional beliefs can be summed up in two sentences:
- the internet will become better as a wider range of people participate in it
- games and play can facilitate social interactions, teaching us to be better 21st century humans
So now I wonder, what can I do to facilitate the further evolution of these beliefs? GameLayers did not turn out to be a sustained long-term business. So I would like to learn how sustainable businesses are made - ideally businesses that work to increase the range of participants in online sharing and entertainment. Any idea that I have, or any idea I want to support, I would like to be able to support the idea as well as the people who contribute to the idea and need to feed their families.
