Tim Chang

Tim Chang on Why Gamification Works as a VC

Ivan Kuo13 years ago12 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Join us and have all of your gamification questions answered by these experts. This past week’s guest was Tim Chang, Gamification VC and Managing Director of the Mayfield Fund.

Be sure to catch our next episode this Thursday, July 25 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we feature Bob Marsh, CEO of LevelEleven as our next guest.

In this week’s episode, Gabe and Tim get down into the nitty gritty on why gaming and gamification have always made sense as a business practice. Learn how an accomplished venture capitalist sees gamification and get a new perspective on the design practice. Also take a look to learn about Tim’s investment sensibilities as it comes to gamification and Tim’s investment case for gamification.

To learn more about gamification in ed and government, follow Tim on Twitter at @timechange.

GCo’s Picks: Why Invest in Gamification?

Sudarshan Gopaladesikan13 years ago03 mins

It is estimated that by 2016, there will be $2.5Bn directly spent on gamification alone. It is no secret that gamification has attracted the interests of many venture capital firms and various investors. For the “g” word that became hot in 2010, becoming a billion dollar industry may not have been the initial expectations.

Social Good

Fun Before Green, Except…No Exceptions

Ivan Kuo14 years ago13 years ago12 mins

The following is an op-ed by Ashok Kamal, Host of GSummit and CEO of Bennu: In many ways, the recent Gamification Summit (GSummit) in San Francisco marked a turning point in the development of gamification. GSummit speakers and participants celebrated gamification’s integration into every business function, the increasing sophistication of gaming science and technology, and the…

GList – Mayfield Fund’s Tim Chang on the Investment Case for Gamification

Ivan Kuo14 years ago13 years ago02 mins

In Today’s GList, We’re Featuring Tim Chang, Managing Director of the Mayfield Fund We’ve all read this statistic on gamification by now: ““The size of the gamification market, currently estimated at around $100mm, will grow to more than $2.8b by 2016.” — M2Research This prediction has been tweeted so much in the #gamification channel, that…

Experts

Gabe’s GSummit Highlights Part 1

Gabe Zichermann14 years ago13 years ago04 mins

On June 19 in San Francisco, the 3rd annual GSummit will take place, bringing together thought leaders from top companies for 3 days of workshops, sessions, networking and fun. Since its inception, GSummit has been the place where some of the most thought-provoking and practical discussion of behavior change have taken place. We bring together…

GSummit: Chamillionaire, Fortune 500 Speakers Added to Roster; Workshops Sold Out

Ivan Kuo14 years ago13 years ago03 mins

The Gamification Summit (June 19-21 in San Francisco) has announced a number of additions to the summit’s already impressive lineup of speakers: Chamillionaire – The Grammy® award winning artist will talk about the success of his Chamillionaire Rewards Program and share lessons other artists can learn about engaging their fans. Tim Chang – Noted venture capitalist from Mayfield…

Gamification Roundup – May 14, 2012

Ivan Kuo14 years ago13 years ago01 mins

This week on the Gamification Roundup, we’re getting corporate: Tim Chang of Mayfield Fund provides some expert insight on incorporating gamification, pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim’s has its first foray into gamification , a beautiful blood pressure tracking app called BloodNote engages through design, UnitedHealth is starting to bring gamification into their activities, and a high Klout score…

Experts

Weekly Recap: gamification around the web

admin15 years ago13 years ago01 mins

In gamification this week, we have interesting stories on game mechanics influencing everything; uttering the “G word” at Casual Connect; a new gamified application to help with college applications; and the importance of onboarding in today’s rapidly changing digital envrionment. Also check out today’s Google Doodle in honor of Alexander Calder. I don’t think every…

Enterprise

Gamification on the Cisco Blog

admin15 years ago13 years ago01 mins

In this recent post on the Cisco blog, Dannette Veale uses common examples to help illustrate what gamification really means – like Foursquare, Quest to Learn charter school, Evoke and Wii Fit. She also quotes Gabe Zichermann and his now famous SAPS model for rewards systems. The article also mentions GSummit and how it sold…

VentureBeat – Gamification & VC Investment

Gabe Zichermann15 years ago13 years ago21 mins

I have an Op-Ed on VentureBeat today entitled “VCs level up with ‘gamification‘”. It focuses on the increased amount of seed and early stage capital that has been going into gamification within the last year and what that means for development and the future. Effectively, investment enters the gamification channel either as pure-play (gamification-only) or…

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Tim Chang on Why Gamification Works as a VC

GCo’s Picks: Why Invest in Gamification?

GList – Mayfield Fund’s Tim Chang on the Investment Case for Gamification

Gabe’s GSummit Highlights Part 1

GSummit: Chamillionaire, Fortune 500 Speakers Added to Roster; Workshops Sold Out

Gamification Roundup – May 14, 2012

Weekly Recap: gamification around the web

Gamification on the Cisco Blog

VentureBeat – Gamification & VC Investment