ShortForm
Founder
Stewart J Bonn
12yrs at EA as18th employee and SVP/GM of EA Studios. 15yr Advisor/Investor. 30+ yrs making software that is fun, addictive and profitable. Many exits.
12yrs at EA as18th employee and SVP/GM of EA Studios. 15yr Advisor/Investor. 30+ yrs making software that is fun, addictive and profitable. Many exits.
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There.com
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Bix
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AssertID
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Mob Science
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ended my time at IMVU, the company of "Lean Startup" fame. Lately as an employee and originally as a seed investor, I know first-hand what the key success factors are that... more enable a lean startup to become a thriving, fast-moving business that builds high quality products that customers love. Since selling Bix in 2006 to Yahoo, I have worked closely with numerous startups advising them on business planning, product design, and funding strategies to guide them into becoming successful enterprises.
Signia Ventures
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Signia Ventures is the investment firm started by Rick Thompson, gaming entrepreneur and investor. . VP, Product at ShortForm
There
Vice President, Fun
Initially tasked with making this online 3D virtual world "more fun" by producing activities that would add gameplay and depth while taking advantage of its unique form of... more interactivity. Created pay-per-play games that enabled users to create or enter events like races or paintball games. Created the Developer program which enabled members to create content and sell it to other members. Accounted for 35% of the company's monthly revenue. 8% of the members were developers and these members had th
Vice-President, Production
Joined this 5-person Internet company funded by angel investors and started by Will Harvey, who developed one of EA's first products 16 years earlier. Researched and wrote... more the first business plan and product plan, attracted additional capital, and managed the applications and content organization.
AnyRiver Entertainment
CEO
CEO for a software publishing company whose mission was to combine the best talent from the interactive and entertainment industries to produce story and character driven... more interactive entertainment. Developed several projects include one with Neal Stephenson, author of Snowcrash a live-action adventure which starred comedian Rob Schneider and a comedy written by Firesign Theatre. Venture investors included Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Trident Capital and Ironwood Capital.
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Stewart is one of the pioneers who turned video games into a business. He joined Electronic Arts in 1983 as one of the first employees. During his 12 years he produced many of Electronic Arts’ most successful titles including innovative software for music, paint, flight simulation and children’s education while collaborating with Chuck Yeager, Timothy Leary and Children’s Television Workshop. As SVP/GM of EA Studios he led the world’s largest interactive studio. Most recently he has been SVP Product at IMVU, a company where he was a seed investor 11 yr ago. He has been a Co-Founder of If You Can (with Trip Hawkins), AnyRiver Entertainment, There, Bix, ShortForm and is an Advisor to game companies. Stewart earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley, received the 1993 Stanford Business School Entrepreneurial Company of the Year award as one of 5 EA executives, and voted Teacher Irritator, Senior Class Poll, San Mateo High School.
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