Thu, Sep 03, 2009 | 12:13 BST
Harmonix started life with $100,000 funding in 1995
This is how easy it can be. Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy have told CNN that Harmonix’s initial cash input was peanuts scrounged from personal contacts.
“We raised an initial round of capital from friends and family, meager by today’s standards – $100,000 – but it lasted us a whole year because I was still living like a grad student,” said Egozy.
He added: “Somewhat selfishly, we just wanted to keep working on the cool things we were doing at the media lab. Our revenue was pretty much zero for five years.”
Rigopulos lived with his parents in the early years.
And look at them now, eh? Hit the link for the full thing. Note that Harmonix was founded in 2995: its success is the product of demonic time travel. Thanks, supererogatory.
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Tags: Alex Rigopulos, Eran Egozy, harmonix, time-travel
7 comments
#1
supererogatory
03/09/09, 10:27 am
I wonder if there is RoboRock RoboBand in the future.
#2
Patrick Garratt
03/09/09, 10:30 am
I can’t believe I found that image. That actually is Rigopulos.
#3
SplatteredHouse
03/09/09, 10:35 am
Those little plastic guitars can do that, too? Why could I never find the time travel button on that thing!
#4
JonFE
03/09/09, 10:38 am
2995? Am I Back to the Future?
#5
Psychotext
03/09/09, 10:56 am
Funding from the future is the best sort of funding.
#6
Blerk
03/09/09, 11:02 am
$100,000 in 2995 is probably loose change.
“Shall I buy a Mars Bar or fund a gaming startup from 1000 years ago? Hmm. Decisions, decisions.”
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JonFE
03/09/09, 11:08 am
“Funding from the future is the best sort of funding.”
/hides Sport’s Almanac…