How having ZERO experience actually helped the co-creators of Cranium transform the board games industry – Richard Tait

Richard Tait, Cranium, Non-Tech, Physical Product, Sell Your Business

This is the story of a former Microsoft executive who had an idea for a board game, and how he turned it into one of the most successful game companies ever.

Richard Tait is the co-creator of the game Cranium and he was the Grand Poo Bah of the company that ended up creating 40-plus games, books and toys. It was sold to Hasbro for a reported $70+ million in cash.

Richard Tait

Cranium

Richard Tait is the co-creator of the game Cranium and he was the Grand Poo Bah of the company that ended up creating 40-plus games, books and toys.

 

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, home of the ambitious upstart and this right here is the story of a tech employee who had an idea for a board game and how he turned that idea in to one of the most successful game companies ever.

Richard Tait is the co-creator of the game, Cranium, and he was the grand poobah of the company that ended up creating 40 plus games, books, and toys before it was sold to Hasbro for a reported $70 million.

I invited him here to tell his story and this whole thing is sponsored by Scott Edward Walker. He is the entrepreneur’s lawyer who you can find at walkercorporatelaw.com. I’ll tell you more about him later. Now I welcome Richard. Thank you for doing this interview.

Richard: My pleasure. It’s great to be here.

Andrew: By the way, you have incredible style. I’m just looking at you. I have a question ready to fire off. Were you always a...

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