Kevin Chou, Rally + Kabam // Evolution Of Gaming, Crypto + The Creator Economy

Creator Lab - interviews with entrepreneurs and startup founders

Kevin is the co-founder + CEO of Rally, a platform that allows creators to launch their own digital currency + build independent economies with their communities.

He's also Chairman of Gen.G, an esports enterprise bridging Asia and North America. Previously, Kevin co-founded Kabam, a top mobile gaming company that grew to $400M/yr in revenue, 500+ million players and sold for nearly $1 billion.

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In this conversation you'll learn about:

• emerging waves like AI, crypto, climate change + biotech
• evolution of the gaming industry + its business models
• rise of social gaming, esports, live streaming + where we're today
• gartner's hype cycle + how this applies to crypto
• how Rally is empowering creators to develop their own economies
• why there's a need for decentralized alternatives

Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 – Preview Of Convo
• 0:02:19 – Sponsor Break
• 0:03:08 – Intro + Kevin’s Interest In Gaming
• 0:07:00 – 50 Games + 500mil Users
• 0:08:23 – Moment You Understand Ownership
• 0:14:59 – Hype Cycles + “Finding Something New”
• 0:20:57 – Other Waves: AI, Climate Change, Biotech
• 0:23:11 – What Is Rally?
• 0:24:02 – How Creator’s Use Rally
• 0:31:02 – What Are The Alternatives?
• 0:33:22 – NFT vs creator coin + creating an economy
• 0:37:49 – Why is it beneficial for a game to have its own currency?
• 0:46:04 – Kabam – Building A Billion Dollar Gaming Company
• 0:48:39 – Evolution Of Gaming Industry – 2.5bil People Playing Games
• 0:52:06 – Impact Of Social + Mobile On Gaming
• 0:53:38 – Gaming Business Models – Virtual Goods, Micro Transactions, Ads
• 0:56:04 – Fortnight
• 0:57:24 – Psychology Of Buying Virtual Goods
• 1:00:31 – Streaming – Watching People Play Games
• 1:04:54 – Rise of esports
• 1:09:33 – esports vs traditional sports
• 1:12:25 – NFTs + Vectors Of Opportunity
• 1:13:16 – Crypto Transcends Nations
• 1:16:56 – Digital Gold + Oil
• 1:18:44 – Problems with government money printing, dollars are worthless
• 1:23:31 – Price Volatility + Stable Coins
• 1:25:59 – Putting Bitcoin On Your Balance Sheet
• 1:29:43 – What does a decentralized alternative look like
• 1:33:37 – Decentralized social networks?
• 1:34:43 – “there is no corporation who runs email”
• 1:37:07 – Investing
• 1:39:34 – How to participate in crypto

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