Kevin Chou, Rally + Kabam // Evolution Of Gaming, Crypto + The Creator Economy

Kevin is the co-founder + CEO of Rally,  a platform that allows creators to launch their own digital currency + build independent economies with their communities. He's also Chairman of Gen.G, an esports enterprise bridging Asia and North America. Previously, Kevin co-founded Kabam, a top mobile gaming company that grew to $400M/yr in revenue, 500+ million players and sold for nearly $1 billion. Watch + subscribe on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mlSl5q_n9xU Get every episode + giveaways sent to your inbox: https://www.creatorlab.fm/subscribe/ Let us know what you think on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bzaidi​ https://twitter.com/kevinchou In this conversation you'll learn about: emerging waves like AI, crypto, climate change + biotech evolution of the gaming industry + its business models rise of social gaming, esports, live streaming + where we're today gartner's hype cycle + how this applies to crypto how Rally is empowering creators to develop their own economies why there's a need for decentralized alternatives Timestamps: 0:00:00 – Preview Of Convo 0:02:19 – Sponsor Break 0:03:08 – Intro + Kevin’s Interest In Gaming 0:07:00 – 50 Games + 500mil Users 0:08:23 – Moment You Understand Ownership 0:14:59 – Hype Cycles + “Finding Something New” 0:20:57 – Other Waves: AI, Climate Change, Biotech 0:23:11 – What Is Rally? 0:24:02 – How Creator’s Use Rally 0:31:02 – What Are The Alternatives? 0:33:22 – NFT vs creator coin + creating an economy 0:37:49 – Why is it beneficial for a game to have its own currency? 0:46:04 – Kabam – Building A Billion Dollar Gaming Company 0:48:39 – Evolution Of Gaming Industry – 2.5bil People Playing Games 0:52:06 – Impact Of Social + Mobile On Gaming 0:53:38 – Gaming Business Models – Virtual Goods, Micro Transactions, Ads 0:56:04 – Fortnight 0:57:24 – Psychology Of Buying Virtual Goods 1:00:31 – Streaming – Watching People Play Games 1:04:54 – Rise of esports 1:09:33 – esports vs traditional sports 1:12:25 – NFTs + Vectors Of Opportunity 1:13:16 – Crypto Transcends Nations 1:16:56 – Digital Gold + Oil 1:18:44 – Problems with government money printing, dollars are worthless 1:23:31 – Price Volatility + Stable Coins 1:25:59 – Putting Bitcoin On Your Balance Sheet 1:29:43 – What does a decentralized alternative look like 1:33:37 – Decentralized social networks? 1:34:43 – “there is no corporation who runs email” 1:37:07 – Investing 1:39:34 – How to participate in crypto Thank you to our sponsors: Space - the easiest way to engage your team over audio: http://www.JoinSpace.co Micro Acquire - the largest startup acquisition marketplace, join 50k+ others and buy or sell your startup: http://www.microacquire.com