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New World Order
edge-online.com - 11/3/2009
New World Order
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Held during the 80th anniversary of the stock market crash —ironically, in the Toronto stock exchange building, one of the worldwide markets that weathered the crash — this year’s edition of the GameOn Finance conference concentrated heavily on the topic of funding game ...

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Reality Panic — ... and speakers gel and complement the conference theme. Also, stepping in at the last minute to give the opening keynote for the Zynga bail was a fun challenge (no joke, I got the call as I was in the taxi heading to the hotel from the airport). And, the closing “futures” panel was a blast to moderate - I don’t think I’ve gotten that many laughs from a set of panelists before ;) For more in-depth coverage, check out the IT Business article and the overview at Edge Online. Finally, some photos from the action: Greg ...

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