I think that Kinguin as a company has lost it's identity. The reason is simple: no one is proud of the work they do. No one is celebrating their successes, most people have no idea when or how they hit success internally.
21. Why How What
Why: At Kinguin we believe that everyone should have
access to great gaming experiences.
How: Kinguin connects a community of buyers and sellers,
on platforms and marketplaces that supports the free
economy and personal rights of players.
What: Kinguin helps millions of gamers save on every game.
22. Mission
“Kinguin’s mission is to make great gaming experiences
available to everyone, by building platforms, services and
locations that supports the free economy and personal rights
of players. “
350 employees. I have worked with Kinguin on/off for two years, as your official agency, as a consultant, now as full time. I hate big companies, I hate people who slow down the actual value creation in a business, because they want to feel important or look busy. Big companies are a slaughterhouse for creativity.
Who are we?
What is a “love brand”?
Kinguin is right in between “liked” and “loved”
So why am I here?
Secondary market existed on Ebay and other auction places before Kinguin. But it wasn’t a great user experience.
Discovery sucked (broad category structure, not designed for gaming)
Transaction sucked (needed human action)
Delivery+delivery time sucked (needed human action)
Kinguin modularized supply, thereby providing superior discovery to anything available on the market. That brought in users, which brought in more suppliers, and the marketplace was born. Kinguin digitized the transaction process, allowing the company to scale globally at “zero” marginal cost.
Over time we’ve changed
How many of you in the room today was present back then? Kinguin is a very different company, because we are a lot of very different people. We have forgotten who we are.
Startup classifications: $50 million
How many of you in the room today was present back then? Kinguin is a very different company, because we are a lot of very different people. We have forgotten who we are.
Startup classifications: $50 million
The odds of starting a company that achieves $100 million or more within six years are 3.5 in 10,000