Joost van Dreunen is an entrepreneur, investor, and academic who specializes in interactive entertainment. He is considered “the top academic” on video games and teaches at NYU’s Stern School of Business. In 2020 Joost published One Up, a book on the business of video games. Joost is also a serial entrepreneur focused on data companies and an advisor to Makers Fund, a venture fund focused on gaming.
Currently, he’s the co-founder and CEO of Aldora.io. Previously Joost was CEO of SuperData Research, a games data provider Nielsen acquired, and advisor to Parsec (acquired by Unity). He publishes a newsletter on gaming, tech, and entertainment called SuperJoost Playlist, and co-hosts the UNBOXING podcast.
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One-on-one Media Coaching with Joost van Dreunen
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Keynote: Bigger Means Different – The New Video Games Market Landscape and Opportunities for Success
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Gaming for Climate Action: How Game Studios Can Help the World
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Keynote: From Tetris to Blue Planet
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Hits & Misses – Where the Convergence of Games, Series & Film Have Succeeded… and Failed
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