$0 to $1 Million: The Raw Numbers Behind Indie Success
In this 2018 GDC session, Clever Endeavour Games' Richard Atlas and Kitfox Games' Tanya X. Short compare and contrast the financial strategies of their two companies, which appear to have a lot in common until you look at their respective business models. Register for GDC: https://ubm.io/341ZiaZ Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: / official_gdc GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.

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