by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Oct 17, 2016 | Fundamentals, General Business, Podcasts
In today’s show the hosts of the Manaverse Podcast discuss the reasons why game stores fail.Some percentage of businesses fail. The question is how do you make sure that your game store isn’t one of them?The sad truth is you can’t protect your...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jul 8, 2016 | General Business, Podcasts
The game cafe and how to build one from scratchIn this episode of the Manaverse Podcast, I’m joined by my co-hosts John Coviello and Wayne Mittlesteadt as well as a special guest, Gary Sproul. Gary is the owner of a fantastic shop in Fort Collins, CO called The...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jun 22, 2016 | Fundamentals, General Business, Podcasts
Have you written a business plan for your game store?In this round table episode of the Manaverse Podcast Tom, Wayne and John discuss the importance of planning out your business. Sometimes that means sitting down and writing an actual, formal business plan and...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Oct 30, 2015 | General Business, Marketing, Podcasts, Sales, Tournaments
The featured guest on today’s episode of the Manaverse Podcast is Jay Mason-Grant. Jay is the owner of Black Knight Games in Hamilton, Ontario. Jay has a pretty interesting origin story for how he got into the business, and yet the path he took is often...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Sep 11, 2015 | General Business, Podcasts
Today’s episode of the Manaverse Podcast is part two of the Steve Ellis interview and yes, that’s a time travelling DeLorean in the feature image. Steve is the co-owner of Rainy Day Games in Aloha, Oregon in case you missed the first part, and if you have...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jun 12, 2015 | General Business, Podcasts
Have you ever wondered what might happen if you opened a friendly local game store with a $20 000 credit card limit? Benn Roe and Adam Friedman come on to the Manaverse Podcast and share how it worked out for them. Spoiler alert: they’re doing great despite the...
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