Can a One-Person Studio Build a Multi-Generational Entertainment Company?
A one-person studio cannot become a multi-generational company through individual effort alone, but it can create the intellectual property, audience, identity and institutional foundations that future generations could inherit and develop. The real challenge is building something that can eventually outlive its founder.
When people talk about building a company that lasts for generations, they usually imagine an organization that already has employees, management, capital and established products. They rarely imagine a single person making games and wondering whether the studio could still exist decades after they are gone. Yet there is an important distinction between building a large company and building the foundations of a company that could eventually become large. A one-person studio cannot build a multi-generational entertainment company by itself, but it can create the assets from which one could eventually grow.That changes the founder's job. The objective is not simply to finish games and generate...
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