About

What is this?

Here are my assumptions:

1. People are most efficient when they are working on things they love.

2. Independence comes from not having the freedom to blame others. True independence = 100% responsibility.

3. You can learn to do anything and become anyone if you really really want it.

4. Businesses can be fun, creative, lean, flexible, and profitable. All at the same time with the technology available today.

These are my assumptions, and I’ve made a decision to prove them right.

I left a cozy job at Sony headquarter strategy office in Tokyo and started working on what I’ve always wanted to do - a game studio. This is where I will keep record of my progress and see where this road leads me.

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About Brandon:
(programmer, art, sound, and business development)

Brandon loves design, music, and games. And he is annoyed when people think of video games as a lesser form of artistic expression. After spending years at Sony developing consumer internet services, he decided to start a game studio, working towards what he believes in – that just like films and music, games can be enjoyed by everyone! Brandon is a self-taught game developer.

Sony Corporation, Tokyo. Headquarters Strategy Division, Network Products and Services
Electronic Arts. Maxis Studio Production Team (The Sims series)
University of Southern California, MBA 2007. Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialization
University of California, Berkeley. BA in Economics 2002
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/wubrandon
Blog: http://www.plinan.com

: Brandon’s Linkedin Profile

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Some of the other things he’s done:

Performed in an orchestra (he played violin) at Carnegie Hall in 2009, with celloist Yo-Yo Ma and conductor Daniel Harding in New York City.
Proposed at one of the world’s busiest intersections in Shibuya (Shibuya Crossing), with a picture of him and his wife on the TV display.
Aced the GMAT within a month, and wrote/published a book about it.
Survived living in Japan for 2.5 years without speaking much Japanese.