Finnish entrepreneur Paavo Perttula talks about the company he co-founded in August 2008: Tweehouse.com, a social gaming company based in Helsinki and in Santa Monica, California. Tweehouse offers services to global kid’s brands for early teens.
Paavo, who is running the company as Chairman of the Board, remarks that they developed their own technology platform called Trunk Tech and offer an end-to-end service that is „highly unique“: Everything from building the concept to running the service, moderation and customer service is included. As Paavo points out „Tweehouse is a services company to start with“. Tweehouse is currently building the first game for a California-based client - „an eco-themed kids MMO“ game which will be launched in Q3 this year.
Tweehouse is based on a three-tier-business model: The initial build and the consulting services that cover the creative team costs on one hand and running the site as well as hosting the moderation on the other.
Paavo says „we are reasonably priced in terms of project delivery and expect to get a share of the revenue and be involved in the long run.“
Paavo spends half of his time as sales director at the Finnish Internet Agency Valve, that owns 50 percent of Tweehouse while the other half is owned by Santa Monica-based game company Snap TV. No third party investors are involved.
„If you have a good idea and you will be approached by VC money, it might feel very tempting at first, but think of the consequences“ advises Paavo. „If you want to be doing your own thing in the long term, perhaps it’s better to consider other options such as selling professional services. But what’s most important: Don’t sell cheap.“
Viktoria's interview with Paavo has been conducted at the SLUSH event, co-organized by arcticstartup, a great blog covering the Nordic startup scene.
05.02.2009 at 20:02
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06.03.2009 at 12:03
[...] PITCH: Paavo Perttula and Tuomo Sihvola with ClassicExplorer @ SLUSH Click to Play With their ClassicExplorer, Paavo Perttula and Tuomo Sihvola adress fans of classical music and also want to promote it.The pitch was presented at the SLUSH event in Helsinki, November 2008. More Videos of this event you can find here. Paavo Perttula is als the founder ot tweehouse, learn more about it through his interview here. [...]