246: Combining Machine & Digital Gaming with Winner Winner

Published: Sept. 15, 2022, 1 p.m.

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Derek travels to the Las Vegas headquarters of gaming company Winner Winner to speak with co-founder Cody Flaherty. They discuss how Winner Winner is allowing users to play real machine gaming from anywhere in the world via their mobile phones. Plus, Winner Winner has since expanded to online gaming, live trivia events and more. Sam Marks is an active early investor in Winner Winner and has worked extensively with one of their founders. Sam and Derek wrap up the episode discussing Sam\\u2019s investment, why he believes in it and what he expects from the company going forward.

Cody Flaherty is the Co-founder and COO of Playtertainment, the development studio behind the live gaming app Winner Winner.\\xa0 Prior to launching Winner Winner with his partner Jon in 2019, Cody was an early member of the PetFlow.com team, an online retailer of pet food and supplies. Cody was a key member of the senior executive team, helping the business realize an exit to the largest distributor of pet products in the US. Cody sits on the advisory board for Ithaca College\'s Customer Experience program and also consults for businesses in the ecommerce space.

Winner Winner is a robust gaming platform that allows you to earn real rewards for playing games you know and love! Whether its playing physical games or playing digital games you already love to play, you can earn tickets and redeem those tickets for real rewards that are shipped directly to you!

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Time Stamp:

  • 08:25 \\u2013 What is your \\u201celevator pitch\\u201d for Winner Winner?
  • 09:35 \\u2013 How did you get into the gaming industry?
  • 11:27 \\u2013 What kind of investors do you have currently?
  • 12:10 \\u2013 What is your goal for Winner Winner as a business?
  • 14:00 \\u2013 How has Winner Winner evolved over the past 3 years?
  • 16:28 \\u2013 How does technology work?
  • 18:10 \\u2013 Has anyone figured out how to hack the games?
  • 19:20 \\u2013 How many users do you have and how often do they use the app?
  • 22:16 \\u2013 At what level are you at raising capital?
  • 22:52 \\u2013 Who can invest and what is the minimum request?
  • 23:13 \\u2013 What is the next plan for the business?
  • 24:38 \\u2013 Why did you start your business in Vegas?
  • 25:49 \\u2013 What is your demographic like?

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