by Thomas Traplin | Aug 16, 2017 | General Business, Podcasts
Welcome to another episode of the Manaverse Podcast. We've got a great show for you today because today the whole round table is here to talk about finding and hiring the right people so you can build a team that helps you grow your game business. Wayne Mittlesteadt... 
by Thomas Traplin | Jan 30, 2017 | General Business, Podcasts
Megacorp was created and designed by Mark G. Koh, a serial tech founder with a lifelong love of card games and business. Growing up in Singapore, southeast Asia, Mark discovered tabletop games at an early age of 8- beginning with Advanced Dungeons and dragons. He... 
by Thomas Traplin | Oct 17, 2016 | Fundamentals, General Business, Podcasts
In today's show the hosts of the Manaverse Podcast discuss the reasons why game stores fail. Some percentage of businesses fail. The question is how do you make sure that your game store isn't one of them? The sad truth is you can't protect your business from failure... 
by Thomas Traplin | Jul 8, 2016 | General Business, Podcasts
The game cafe and how to build one from scratch In this episode of the Manaverse Podcast, I'm joined by my co-hosts John Coviello and Wayne Mittlesteadt as well as a special guest, Gary Sproul. Gary is the owner of a fantastic shop in Fort Collins, CO called The... 
by Thomas Traplin | Jun 22, 2016 | Fundamentals, General Business, Podcasts
Have you written a business plan for your game store? In this round table episode of the Manaverse Podcast Tom, Wayne and John discuss the importance of planning out your business. Sometimes that means sitting down and writing an actual, formal business plan and... 
by Thomas Traplin | Oct 30, 2015 | General Business, Marketing, Podcasts, Sales, Tournaments
The featured guest on today's episode of the Manaverse Podcast is Jay Mason-Grant. Jay is the owner of Black Knight Games in Hamilton, Ontario. Jay has a pretty interesting origin story for how he got into the business, and yet the path he took is often overlooked by...