Jesus Bosch: From Start-Up to Scale-Up, Building Gaming Studios

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This time I'm joined by Jesus Bosch.

Jesus is a General Manager @ Product Madness, and previously a Founder & CEO at Starloop Studios.

In the podcast we discuss Jesus experience of building a Starloop Studio from 0 to 70 people as well as his experience of growing Product Madness from 0 to 120 people, we also talk about today’s gamedev market, talk about the importance of choosing the right people for your company, and the definition of what makes a company successful.

It was great meeting Jesus, and learning from him and his experience. Hope you will enjoy listening to it!

00:00 Introduction & 2024 hiring market

02:22 What do you do at Product Madness?

05:20 How did you enter the industry?

06:54 Starloop Studios

14:58 What defines a successful company?

16:44 When should you consider adding HR to the team?

18:17 When should you pivot?

22:19 What games do you play currently?

23:25 Things you look for in people when hiring

27:22 The impact of wrong hires

30:45 Most challenging time in the career

33:09 Being let go in Europe vs ROW

34:31 How do you continue growing as a leader?

38:21 Investment vs Publishing deals

42:15 Finding work for hire gigs back in the day

45:33 Advice for younger generations

46:38 What the future holds for you?

Product Madness: https://www.productmadness.com/

Product Madness careers: https://aristocrat.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/AristocratExternalCareersSite?hiringCompany=410fe4438ac610086a9d308831790002