#17. Crafting hobbies as a business with John Rissik, CEO of dovetail GAMES. lg.

Everyone slowly starts coming back from their summer breaks and I
hope that all of you had some quality time with your loved ones
and enough time to spend for things you enjoy, like your hobbies
- which is also the topic of todays podcast. My guest is Jon
Rissik, CEO of Dovetail games. He and his team craft hobbies as a
business and deliver world class digital fishing and train
experiences to their customers.


Jon will share some insights about his career, leadership style
and talk about Dovetails seven pillars describing how to craft a
monetisable hobby:
Collecting: Can I build and display my unique
collection?Customising: Can I shape existing content or build new
content?Mastering: Do I have everything I need to go from novice to
expert?Doing: Is there a realistic, beautiful world for me to
enjoy?Sharing: Can I share content and discuss my hobby with others
like me?Viewing: Can I watch and read the experience of
others?Shopping: Is there an engaging, personalised shopping
experience.

️ Enjoy todays episode, subscribe us, rate us and make sure to
drink and learn with people around you.

Show notes:


4:15 Drink of the day.


8:20How Jon became Jon.


20:30 What Dovetails does…


28:28 The hobby wheel - crafting hobbies.


42:30A different way to develop games.


1:02:10 The network question.