Hello forum goers,
My name is Geoff, and I am a Game Designer. For the past year, I have been working with a business partner on a board game, Gladiators, which I aim to make the first game sold by our upcoming business enterprise. I am looking for help: a business mentor within the board game community who can advise me on best practices, give me connections and help me avoid common pitfalls.
I cannot promise compensation per se, as I don’t even know whether my business venture will work out. Gladiators should be ready for sale by December, and we’ll see how it goes from there. All I can offer for certain is gratitude, and a strong connection to me and my network in Montreal.
To be a business mentor, you should be someone who has participated in starting up a board game business, or someone who manages a board game business; e.g. a store, a publisher, a distributor, etc. In my business plan, I will have to provide your name, professional credentials, and a brief resumé of your experience.
We will also need easy contact with each other, either by phone, Skype, or similar. After our first few chats I will be contacting you sporadically whenever I need advise, or when I am frustrated by some aspect of starting a business. You can contact me whenever you please, or if you feel there is something I should know.
I will be submitting my business plan to the government in hope of getting a grant on November 16th. I hope to get a business mentor before then, ASAP. If you feel you can help me and are comfortable with the level of personal information I will need, please do not hesitate to contact me my private message or by email:
geoffrollins (at) email (dot) com.
