The Gaming Founders Podcast

Est. audience

300

Apple rating

5 from 15

Cadence

Weekly

Latest

2026-10-22

By

Eden Chen and Kevin Zhang

Based on

12 recent episodes

• Covers: Founding stories, strategic pivots, scaling challenges, and business tactics from leaders across the gaming industry.
• For: Founders, executives, and leaders building and scaling gaming studios and tech companies.
• Best for: Gaming studio founders and startup operators looking for actionable business and leadership insights.
• Skip if: Casual video game players looking for game reviews or gameplay discussions.

Start with

• Frank Gibeau: The Zynga Turnaround That Went from $1.87 to $12.7 Billion: Explains how to execute a major corporate turnaround and navigate gaming platform shifts.
• Fireside Chat with Mike Seavers at the Online Services Summit: Provides lessons on engineering leadership and scaling a game studio from hundreds to thousands.
• Discord Community Building: Seth Sivak on How Spellbreak Built a Fortnite-Sized Community: Shares community building strategies on Discord to help independent studios grow their player base.

Sponsors seen

• PragmaSponsor

  The Gaming Founders Podcast is brought to you by Eden Chen, CEO of Pragma, and Kevin Zhang, Partner at Upfront Ventures. Pragma is a venture-backed backend game engine

  Discord Community Building: Seth Sivak on How Spellbreak Built a Fortnite-Sized Community · 2025-08-26
• Upfront VenturesSponsor

  The Gaming Founders Podcast is brought to you by Eden Chen, CEO of Pragma, and Kevin Zhang, Partner at Upfront Ventures.

  Discord Community Building: Seth Sivak on How Spellbreak Built a Fortnite-Sized Community · 2025-08-26
• PragmaSponsor

  The Gaming Founders Podcast is brought to you by Eden Chen, CEO of Pragma, and Kevin Zhang, Partner at Upfront Ventures. Pragma is a venture-backed backend game engine

  Pivoting To Survive: Stan Vishnevskiy's Journey on Founding Discord · 2025-08-19
• Upfront VenturesSponsor

  The Gaming Founders Podcast is brought to you by Eden Chen, CEO of Pragma, and Kevin Zhang, Partner at Upfront Ventures.

  Pivoting To Survive: Stan Vishnevskiy's Journey on Founding Discord · 2025-08-19

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