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Nick Fajt

Acquired

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Rec Room

Last Acquired left the plucky Rec Room crew in our 2018 "Part I" episode, they were a seed stage startup making a VR game that users loved but grew slowly and barely monetized. Fast forward to today, and they're now a multi-platform social "place" with millions of active users, 500%+ YoY growth and hosting a robust creator economy that's rivaled only by their oft-compared metaverse cousin Roblox in dynamics and efficiency. And oh yeah, they're now a $1B+ company after a new $100m fundraise from existing investors Sequoia and Index, which they're announcing today. We figured it was high time to revisit Nick &amp; crew for a Part II... If you love Acquired and want more, join our LP Community for access to over 50 LP-only episodes, monthly Zoom calls, and live access for big events like emergency pods and book club discussions with authors. We can't wait to see you there. Join here at: https://acquired.fm/lp/Sponsors:Vanta: https://bit.ly/acquiredvantaStatsig: bit.ly/statsigacquiredModern Treasury: https://bit.ly/acquiredmoderntreasuryThe Rec Room Playbook is available on our website at https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/rec-room-part-ii-with-ceo-nick-fajtLinks: Our "Part I" episode with Nick on Rec Room's seed round:  https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/season-2-episode-2raising-a-seed-round-with-against-gravity-ceo-nick-fajt  Rec Room! https://recroom.com  Carve Outs: Invent and Wander:  https://www.amazon.com/Invent-Wander-Collected-Writings-Introduction-ebook/dp/B08BCCT6MW/  Resonant Arc on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFzWAEPDGiY34bGpwM_DWmA  How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0  

Last Acquired left the plucky Rec Room crew in our 2018 "Part I" episode, they were a seed stage startup making a VR game that users loved but grew slowly and barely monetized. Fast forward to today, and they're now a multi-platform social "place" with millions of active users, 500%+ YoY growth and hosting a robust creator economy that's rivaled only by their oft-compared metaverse cousin Roblox in dynamics and efficiency. And oh yeah, they're now a $1B+ company after a new $100m fundraise from existing investors Sequoia and Index, which they're announcing today. We figured it was high time to revisit Nick &amp; crew for a Part II... If you love Acquired and want more, join our LP Community for access to over 50 LP-only episodes, monthly Zoom calls, and live access for big events like emergency pods and book club discussions with authors. We can't wait to see you there. Join here at: <a href="https://acquired.fm/lp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://acquired.fm/lp/</a>Sponsors: Vanta: <a href="https://bit.ly/acquiredvanta" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/acquiredvanta</a>Statsig: <a href="https://bit.ly/statsigacquired" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/statsigacquired</a> Modern Treasury: <a href="https://bit.ly/acquiredmoderntreasury" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/acquiredmoderntreasury</a>The Rec Room Playbook is available on our website at <a href="https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/rec-room-part-ii-with-ceo-nick-fajt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/rec-room-part-ii-with-ceo-nick-fajt</a>Links:<ul> <li>Our "Part I" episode with Nick on Rec Room's seed round: <a href="https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/season-2-episode-2raising-a-seed-round-with-against-gravity-ceo-nick-fajt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/season-2-episode-2raising-a-seed-round-with-against-gravity-ceo-nick-fajt</a> </li> <li>Rec Room! <a href="https://recroom.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://recroom.com</a> </li> </ul>Carve Outs:<ul> <li>Invent and Wander: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invent-Wander-Collected-Writings-Introduction-ebook/dp/B08BCCT6MW/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.amazon.com/Invent-Wander-Collected-Writings-Introduction-ebook/dp/B08BCCT6MW/</a> </li> <li>Resonant Arc on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFzWAEPDGiY34bGpwM_DWmA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFzWAEPDGiY34bGpwM_DWmA</a> </li> <li>How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0</a> </li> </ul>

Rec Room Part II (with CEO Nick Fajt)

We launch mini-series on Acquired with a subject near &amp; dear to our heroes’ hearts: startup fundraising! This has been one of our most-requested new topics, and we’re excited to kick things off with makers of the popular Rec Room social VR app, Against Gravity, which raised one of Seattle’s hottest venture rounds in recent history: a $4m seed led by Sequoia Capital in 2016. CEO Nick Fajt joins to tell the story from company inception to building and shipping the initial product, fundraising as a first-time CEO, what they’ve been able to accomplish with the capital and their vision for the future. We had a blast touching on many classic Acquired themes for the first time “in-action” with a young, growing company, and hope you all enjoy the discussion as much as we did. Let us know what you think in the Slack!Sponsors:Vanta: https://bit.ly/acquiredvantaStatsig: bit.ly/statsigacquiredModern Treasury: https://bit.ly/acquiredmoderntreasuryCarve Outs: Ben:  Ready Player One  David:  Seveneves  Nick: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild  

We launch mini-series on Acquired with a subject near &amp; dear to our heroes’ hearts: startup fundraising! This has been one of our most-requested new topics, and we’re excited to kick things off with makers of the popular <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/471710/Rec_Room/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rec Room</a> social VR app, <a href="https://www.againstgrav.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Against Gravity</a>, which raised one of Seattle’s hottest venture rounds in recent history: a $4m seed led by Sequoia Capital in 2016. CEO Nick Fajt joins to tell the story from company inception to building and shipping the initial product, fundraising as a first-time CEO, what they’ve been able to accomplish with the capital and their vision for the future. We had a blast touching on many classic Acquired themes for the first time “in-action” with a young, growing company, and hope you all enjoy the discussion as much as we did. Let us know what you think in the Slack!Sponsors: Vanta: <a href="https://bit.ly/acquiredvanta" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/acquiredvanta</a>Statsig: <a href="https://bit.ly/statsigacquired" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/statsigacquired</a> Modern Treasury: <a href="https://bit.ly/acquiredmoderntreasury" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/acquiredmoderntreasury</a>Carve Outs:<ul> <li>Ben: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-Ernest-Cline-ebook/dp/B004J4WKUQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ready Player One</a> </li> <li>David: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Seveneves-Novel-Neal-Stephenson-ebook/dp/B00LZWV8JO/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Seveneves</a> </li> <li>Nick: <a href="https://www.zelda.com/breath-of-the-wild/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild</a> </li> </ul>

Season 2, Episode 2: Raising a Seed Round with Against Gravity CEO Nick Fajt

In today’s episode, we interview Nick Fajt from Against Grav, the team which brought us Rec Room!. We are really excited to share this one with you as Rec Room has been a game that is one-of-a-kind right now and has gotten universal praise for really strengthening the Vive community. Here are the topics we discuss in the interview:   – The inspiration behind Rec […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/everythingvirtual/support

In today’s episode, we interview Nick Fajt from Against Grav, the team which brought us Rec Room!. We are really excited to share this one with you as Rec Room has been a game that is one-of-a-kind right now and has gotten universal praise for really strengthening the Vive community. Here are the topics we discuss in the interview:   – The inspiration behind Rec […] --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/everythingvirtual/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/everythingvirtual/support</a>

Ep. 29 – Interview – Nick Fajt of Rec Room