Second life
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Philip Rosedale quit his position as CTO at RealNetworks and started Linden Lab in 1999, investing $1 million of his own money into creating an online virtual world called Second Life. Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development, invested $2.93 million in Linden Lab in 2001. By 2010, Linden Lab had raised a total of $30.7 million in funding to develop Second Life as an objective-driven but user-created virtual world.
Second life
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- 8. Philip Rosedale quit CTO position at RealNetworks Started an of鍖ce in Hayes Valley in mid-1999 Philip Rosedale had invest $1 million dollars of his own money Mitch Kapor (Founder of Lotus Dev) invested in 2001 ($2.93M) 1999 2001 2010 Raised $30.7M in total
- 9. Objective-driven, gaming focus User-created, community-driven
- 12. How are they doing now (according to the pundits)?
- 13. People Problem Solution USEHAVE ADDRESSES Another world that has similar economical environment, but is more forgivable Made bad decisions in life and had to live with them People who have entrepreneurial goals
- 14. Why is Second Life still a thing Second Life Logo Linden Lab: Investor strategies and pro鍖tability Linden Lab Company Pro鍖le by PitchBook Project Sansar image The conclusion of Patterns How I Did It: Philip Rosedale Linden Lab, Crunchbase Why is Second Life still a thing? What is Second Life? References