Social Deck
A mobile games startup founded by Anish Acharya and sold to Google.
What was said about Social Deck
Don't build a product and a platform at the same time. At Social Deck, his first startup, Anish Acharya tried to be both a social platform for mobile games and a gaming studio. An adviser told him to pick one, and it took him years to see the adviser was right.
His lesson is that being a studio is hard enough on its own. Social Deck was later sold to Google, where Acharya went on to lead several efforts.
Why companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z)
He tried to be both a social platform for mobile games and a gaming studio. An adviser told him to pick one, and it took years to see the adviser was right.
Don't build a product and a platform at the same time. At Social Deck, his first startup, Anish Acharya tried to be both a social platform for mobile games and a gaming studio. An adviser told him to pick one, and it took him years to see the adviser was right.
His lesson is that being a studio is hard enough on its own. Social Deck was later sold to Google, where Acharya went on to lead several efforts.
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