Esports startup tips from a veteran CEO

Last year I founded Genvid Technologies, a company that builds esports broadcasting tools, along with my incredible co-founders and early employees. Having spent years working for CEOs of Square Enix Holdings, before starting this company my background was in game publishing and development. I wanted to share a few of the lessons I’ve learned since founding Genvid for other entrepreneurs in this space to benefit from, specifically on decision-making, managing investors and priority setting.

Decision-making

When we started Genvid, I identified three areas where we could focus our initial efforts. As we we founded the company in spring 2016, the virtual reality field loomed large. Another area that was of great interest was esports, particularly improvements to spectating games for Twitch and YouTube professional broadcasts. And finally there was cloud gaming, which had hit a low point in terms of investor and consumer interest but was where my team had the most experience.