He Built a Simple App and Sold It for $200 Million

Synopsis

Guest Dan Porter recounts building Draw Something from a side project to #1 in 60 countries with ~25 million daily players and ~250 million downloads, selling it for $200 million, then founding Overtime and scaling it to hundreds of millions of weekly views. He shares design lessons (streaks, friends-only play, live playback) and how he spun the Six Seven Water meme into a brand.

Ideas in this episode

• Consumer social games

  Dan Porter recounts building Draw Something from a side project to #1 in 60 countries with ~25M daily players and ~250M downloads, selling it for $200M, then founding Overtime and scaling it to hundreds of millions of weekly sports-highlight views.

• Creator-led ecommerce brand

  Dan Porter (Draw Something, Overtime) on hitting #1 in 60 countries with 250M downloads and selling for $200M, plus Six Seven Water meme brand.