Kudos to Bart Decrem who will become senior vice
president at Disney, in charge of all mobile games after they
bought Tapulous, the iPhone
game company he co-founded with Andrew Lacy. The
start-up, based in a storefront in Palo Alto, did not take
venture capital.
Because we were angel funded, we have been flexible and
have been forced to be scrappy. That has paid off nicely in
the middle of a recession. And with that comes a
capitalization table that is very friendly to investors and
the team.
Interview with Kara Swisher in 2009
Bart explained to Gamebeat
why he sold Tapulous to Disney.
Disney has music brands, Marvel Comics, Pixar, ABC, and
ESPN. They have great content and you will see a lot of
action around marrying great games, brands, and social
gaming mechanics. I use social to mean games that are
social.
