• The Secret to Being a 5-Time Founder & #1 Esports Champ: Dennis Fong

  • Jun 18 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
  • Podcast

The Secret to Being a 5-Time Founder & #1 Esports Champ: Dennis Fong

  • Summary

  • Dennis Fong has had an INSANE career. By age 19, not only had he earned the title as the world’s first esports champion and pro gamer, but also became CEO of a 100-person gaming media company. He's even had a League of Legends character named after him. Since then, he’s gone on to found four additional businesses, all of which have majorly impacted the gaming industry as we know it. (We stopped counting how many social gaming features he invented...). In this episode of Secret Stash, co-hosts Justin Kan and Archie Stonehill sit down with Dennis and walk through a very raw chronology of his career (and life) - from young esports champion in 1996 to five-time CEO in 2024. Tune in for nostalgic stories from the early days of esports and how he got his start in entrepreneurship.

    Read the highlights here: dev.stash.gg/blog/secret-stash-ep-3-dennis-fong


    0:00 - Intro

    2:33 - Dennis’ start in esports

    4:14 - The famous Wall Street Journal article

    7:38 - Family reactions

    9:05 - Winning a Ferrari

    12:25 - The birth of esports

    14:52 - Who’s Thresh?

    15:39 - Esport rivalries

    18:37 - Organic communities

    22:20 - Fatality takes over

    25:19 - Critical mechanics

    28:05 - Struggles of a young founder

    33:59 - Spinning out Lithium

    39:10 - Xfire innovations

    48:06 - Raptor

    50:13 - GGWP and anti-toxicity

    1:04:45 - Distribution

    1:07:08 - RIP Avicii


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