Peak Games: Hiring Priorities in Times of Rapid Growth (B)

William R. Kerr; Gamze  Yucaoglu

Supplement | HBS Case Collection | January 2018

Peak Games: Hiring Priorities in Times of Rapid Growth (B)

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On November 7th, 2017, Sidar Şahin, founder and CEO of Peak Games, a Turkey-based global mobile gaming company, had just closed the sale of Peak Games’ card games studio. This sale included three of the company’s top grossing games and half of its team. Sidar was happy about the $100 million sale to the global gaming giant Zynga. He felt that the spin out would sharpen Peak Games’ focus on the casual game genre, which was a faster growing genre with cyclical trends. Having attained the desired focus for the company, Sidar was already thinking about what he needed to do to make Peak Games into 10x what it is today.

Keywords: games; gaming; Turkey; emerging markets; Acquisitions; exits; entrepreneurship; private sector; for-profit firms; business model; Business Strategy; competitive advantage; growth and development strategy; value creation; decision; leading change; management teams; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Decision Making; Information Technology Industry; Turkey;

Language: English

Format: Print

6 pages

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Kerr, William R., and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Peak Games: Hiring Priorities in Times of Rapid Growth (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 818-084, January 2018.

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