Josh Buckley sold his teenage virtual world game for six figures
Josh Buckley · 20VC: Why The Best Entrepreneurs Are Cockroaches, What Everyone Underestimates About Customer Acquisition & What You Don't But Need To Know About Payback Periods with Josh Buckley, Founder & Chairman @ Mino Games · Nov 25, 2019 · at 4:24
Josh Buckley is the founder and chairman of Mino Games. He recounts building and monetizing a clone of an online virtual world game during high school in the UK.
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“I actually agreed one day to sell it to a company in Texas for six figures at the time.”
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