3M Americans earn a college degree every year. Only 27% of them work in areas related to their college majors. Here’s the backstory and my vision for VGCD Academy 👇The year was 2013. 6:35pm. One fateful Wednesday evening on an Amtrak train traversing the San Pablo Bay, Destination: Fremont, CA.It was then that I came face to face with him. An obsessed superfan.Like a lovestruck teenager, the 40-something man talked and talked and talked about his love for the EA Sports Tiger Woods franchise.EXCITEMENT LEVEL: 10 out of 10!When I asked him what he did for a living, his face dropped. Gone were the childlike wonder and bliss and excitement from his face. “I sell GMO agricultural products for Monsanto” he uttered.EXCITEMENT LEVEL: 2 out of 10…And it was at that moment that I wondered WHAT IF we could help more people live their imagination, bliss and creativity everyday? In other words, MARRY their love for GAMES with TEACHING of practical Business and Entrepreneurial Skills that the World ACTUALLY NEEDS and will PAY GREAT MONEY for?So after:A 20-year plus career in Silicon ValleyHaving led marketing and product teams inside Global 1000 Technology companies like Yahoo and OracleAs well as generating +250M $ in aggregate revenue throughout my game portfolioI founded Video Game Careers Demystified (VGCD) Academy in {when?}.The goal?Teach young gamers the Business and Design behind the world’s most successful games.My long-term vision with VGCD Academy is to create a portfolio of educational games which empower millions of young gamers 13-22 for a bright lucrative future in the Games industry or to change the world through Entrepreneurship.With the “right” level of support, partnership, content, and fun learning experiences, I would like to cultivate a “New Generation of Gamer Dreamers” - to work on the world’s next Assasins Creed, Genshin Impact, or Uncharted. Or for those who think even bigger, to really revolutionize the future of Entrepreneurship.Would you like to learn more? Or maybe even join me in this mission and make an early stage investment?DM me “Gamer Dreamer” on LinkedIn and I’ll be happy to chat!
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