How Riot Games founder Marc Merrill overcame massive hurdles to build League of Legends

Marc Merrill, Riot Games, Mental Game, Scaling

Joining me is a legend himself. His name is Marc Merrill and he is the co-founder of Riot Games. Riot Games makes League of Legends, an incredibly successful multiplayer online battle arena video game.

I invited him here because I’m curious about how he grew this company. And we’re going to talk about some of the challenges. We’re going to talk about how big it is, including a stat that I want to bring up in the beginning of the interview.

Marc Merrill

Riot Games

Marc Merrill is the co-founder of Riot Games which is the creator of the online battle game, League of Legends.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. Wow, I can’t believe the guest that we have here today. Joining me is a legend himself. His name is Marc Merrill, he is the co-founder of Riot Games, which makes League of Legends, an incredibly successful multiplayer online battle arena video game. And I invited him here because I’m curious about how he grew this company. And we’re going to talk about some of the challenges. We’re going to talk about how big it is, including a stat that I want to bring up in the beginning of the interview.

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