Season 1 · Episode 07
Tim Gerritsen
COO, Lost Boys Interactive
How a creative studio scales without losing the craft.
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Episode summary
Tim Gerritsen is the operations leader behind a fast-growing US game studio founded in 2017 that has collaborated with 2K Games, Zenimax Online Studios, and Amazon Games while building original IP. The conversation examines staffing, pipeline discipline, and protecting creative quality during rapid headcount growth.
Key highlights
01Growth in a creative studio is an operations problem first.
02Client work and original IP need different operating rhythms.
03Craft survives scale only when the pipeline is explicit.
Transcript
A full transcript for this conversation is being prepared. In the meantime, the episode summary and key highlights above capture the substance of the discussion.
