For any startup, pivoting is one of the hardest things you can do. For Venice-based Palaround, however, a pivot not only opened up business opportunities, but it also allowed the startup to scale the company in a way that would allow them to be profitable while building a community of users. The app, which started as one of many friend finding apps, hasn’t gone too far from its platonic matchmaking roots.
SGN received $130 million from Korea’s Netmarble on Thursday as they hope to expand their reach into the vast Asian gaming marketing. SGN is the fastest growing US game studio with 170 employees after their launch five years ago.
To find out what’s next for the Appetize, we interviewed three employees from the growing tech company about everything from product roadmaps and business forecasts to the lessons they’ve taken away from the company's leadership team.
