Zack DeFord joined me to discuss his experiences as a lifelong gamer, and how his younger brother was bullied while playing online games. Zack's desire to make gaming safer and more fun for his brother led him to start Smerf, and that authenticity has served him well as he's built the company. Zack and his co-founder, Ben, have developed Smerf to be a critical identity and social layer across gaming platforms, and they're being noticed by some of the largest gaming companies in the world. We talked about his experience engaging with the CEO of one of them early in Smerf's life.
I've also seen Zack mature so rapidly as a founder becoming the CEO of a company with incredible potential to impact millions of gamers in a positive way. It's such a pleasure to get to work with him through Operate. Enjoy this conversation!
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JP La Torre - Co-Founder & CEO of Caylent
Larry Gulko - Brand Strategist & Brand New Day Retreat
(Part 2) Ian Hathaway - Co-Author of The Startup Community Way, Senior Director at TechStars
Nick Cromydas - Founder & CEO of Hunt Club
David Meltzer - Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing; Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur
Luke Cooper - Founder & CEO of Fixt
Nick Bradley - Co-founder & Director at Fielding Group
(Part I) John Dearie - President of Center for American Entrepreneurship
(Part I) Ian Hathaway - Co-Author of The Startup Community Way, Senior Director at TechStars
Anthony Saba - Executive Director of Samueli Academy
Andy Wilson - Executive Director at Alliance for Southern California Innovation
Katrina Ghazarian - Founder & CEO of Gameday HR
Neal Hansch - CEO & Managing Partner of Silicon Foundry
Andrew Bermudez - Founder & CEO of Digsy
Denise Hazime - Founder & President of Prodoscore
Neal Bloom - CEO of Rising Tide Partners, Founder of Fresh Brewed Tech
Jenny Dinnen - President, Sales & Marketing of MacKenzie Corporation
Per Welinder - Partner at Welinder Shi Capital
Tom Ferry - CEO of Ferry International & #1 Real Estate Coach
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