In which David and Cory take a look at some moves in the gaming and metaverse space, Meta’s rent-seeking value chain for creators, learn some lessons about business strategy, consider visitors from outside the solar system and stranger things.
Bookmarks & Notes
- 00:32 – The Atlanta Braves ‘Feather Logo’ has been used for a while – since 1972 in fact.
- 01:37 – The Sprint logo, a yellow fan-like graphic is said to be a representation of a pin-dropping, harking back to an advertising campaign that promoted the call quality being so good, you could hear a pin drop.
- 02:42 – In Episode 9, we talked about how apps could be smarter by understanding user preferences.
- 10:37 – Metaverse / Gaming News – Sony and others invest $2Billion into Epic Games.
- 11:53 – Animoca Brands acquires Eden Games and loses its license for F1 Delta Time
- 12:35 – Where is the ‘B2B Metaverse’ on Microsoft’s priority list? Are they focussed on the Xbox consumer market instead? B2B Metaverse will be big…
- 16:25 – Meta is going to charge content creators big commissions.
- 19:26 – Can the decentralised Web3 creator model actually work? How will the value chain shake out?
- 25:57 – Don’t put all your eggs in one basket when it comes to growing your business.
- 29:29 – Every episode of the Pilote Podcast has it’s own page with links and extras…
- 29:41 – How to do a start-up in 15 days with no strategy…
- 29:58 – Why you can’t do branding in 40 minutes
- 32:21 – I wrote a blog about strategy…
- 34:20 – The Old Man and the Treasure Hunt
- 41:05 – The case for video games as a way of teaching critical thinking and business strategy.
- 44:14 – The Pilote Podcast is going on the road. If you are in Dubai, UAE – get in touch to be part of the show.
- 44:26 – Pentagon confirms first interstellar visitor to earth…
- 46:59 – Cory is excited about the return of ‘Stranger Things’, while on his porch…
Bonus Content – How to sell to the WFH Crowd.
Bonus Content – How do Companies Change when Acquired?
