Before Angry Birds became a pop culture phenomenon and Rovio Entertainment turned one successful app into a multi-platform empire
Niklas Hed loved creating games and started a company out of his dorm room in university. With the help of a business-savvy cousin and a million euro investment, the two set up shop and started releasing games for big developers, but struggled to find success with their own games. After major cutbacks and layoffs, things were looking bleak for the Finnish Developers… until Steve Jobs decided to change the world. Again.
I’m Michael McCrudden documenting the rise of the most successful paid app ever, Angry Birds, here for you on Before They Were Famous.