Ep 184 - The Hustle Behind Edusuite

April 24, 2022 Hustleshare Podcast

EPISODE INTRODUCTION

Serial entrepreneur and a pioneer of Philippine gaming, Niel Dagondon of Edusuite joins us in this episode to discuss how they are solving the problems of schools in the Philippines. Niel will be sharing how he started Anino Games and how they thrived through a decade and a half of making games before they got acquired. He will also share how he started his school CIIT and created Edusuite to help solve the problems they encountered in their school. Niel also shares how they were able to get other schools involved in using Edusuite and he'll be giving great advice for entrepreneurs in this episode.

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Find more about Edusuite on their official website.

EPISODE TOPICS

[3:30] What’s Your Hustle?

[4:40] Hustleshare Time Machine

[5:46] Niel’s Early Influences

[10:27] Making Money From Games

[16:24] How To Stay Profitable

[22:01] Lessons Learned For Two Decades

[32:45] Niel’s Next Steps After Acquisition

[35:41] Why Did Niel Build A School?

[52:27] Getting Through The Pushbacks

[1:04:29] Advice To Startup Entrepreneurs

[1:09:22] Go-to Strategy When Things Are Tough

[1:12:11] Niel’s Advice To His Younger Self

Jargons used

Hex editor - a program that displays every character in a file in hexadecimal notation
Floppy disks - a small magnetic disk that was used in the past for storing computer data and programs
Play2Earn - the concept of gaming in which a platform provides its players with a chance to earn any form of in-game assets that can be transferred to the real world as a valuable resource
Bootstrapping - a situation in which an entrepreneur starts a company with little capital, relying on money other than outside investments
AcquiHire - an act or instance of buying out a company primarily for the skills and expertise of its staff, rather than for the products or services it supplies
Casual games - a video game targeted at a mass market audience, as opposed to a hardcore game, which is targeted at hobbyist gamers

QUOTES FROM THE EPISODE

“You need to be creative with how you’re going to raise money.”
”The real objective of a startup is to sustain the business.”
”If your business is sh*t, it’s not going to work.”

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