Re:Mark Pincus Steps Down From All Operational Roles at Zynga
by georgeecollins on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @06:34PM
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I would not try to sell the comapny to Yahoo or Facebook, I would sell it to Amazon. If Amazon isn't interested I would:
- Cut the employees from 2k to like 500 (That's just a guess. I don't know enough about their structure to say a real number)
- Milk their Facebook hits (and keep the staff to do so)
- License my IP (Farmville, Mafia Wars, Draw Something) to any PC, console or mobile developer that will not embarrass me.
- Take a few longshot bets on FTP PC or Mobile games. Not too many so I can stay focused, and not too expensive so I can keep trying.
Re:Mark Pincus Steps Down From All Operational Roles at Zynga
by debt on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @07:12PM
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- Encourage employees to work on their own games during work hours. Zynga takes a small percentage ownership of the games and will distribute/market the games using every available resource at it's disposal.
Re:Mark Pincus Steps Down From All Operational Roles at Zynga
by pvnick on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @05:55PM
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Well, considering various 3-letter-agencies' interest in online games [1], I would guess... defense contracting?
[1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/09/nsa-world-of-warcra...
What would you do if you were given the helm of Zynga today? You had to save the company of 2000 remaining employees (just a guess). How do you generate another Number #1 Platinum Album in fickle market of online social gaming? Or is there another business angle you move in to? Would you sell the company to Facebook or Yahoo!?