Alisa Chumachenko is the leading female expert in online and social gaming. In 2010, she founded and was the CEO of “Game Insight”, a company that creates free-to-play games for Android, iOS, Facebook, and the web, until she stepped down in 2015. And in 2017, she founded GOSU.ai Data Lab, a company using machine learning to provide data to gamers and game companies. By 2018, GOSU Data Lab had raised $2.3 million.
The mother of two is unstoppable, and she’s even named as Forbes Top 50 Women in Technology.
But before all that, she first had a career in Circus which she shared in this episode.
Who would have thought that a choreographer and art director household would raise a successful serial gaming entrepreneur? “You will never have a second chance to make a first impression. And going first time to raise money speaking with the VCs, with angel investors, with private investors, it’s not about raising money. It’s about making connections and making networks that you’re gonna use for the rest of your life. And the first impression that you make, at this moment, when you meet people first, for the first time is super important.”
Topics Discussed in this Episode:
- How her passion for online gaming ignited
- Her life before social gaming
- How GOSU.ai started
- Navigating fundraising
- Importance of allowing space to transition
More from Alisa:
- Check out GOSU.ai
- Follow her Facebook Alisa Chumachenko
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