Breaking the Chains: Building Your IP From a Work-For-Hire Legacy

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XDS Report 2024 shows 28% of service providers already build IP and another 22% plan to, and the concrete path here is: Battery Low Interactive ships two free Android games in 2015 but cannot open a Google Merchant account from Bangladesh, pivots into B2B, completes 100+ projects (UNICEF, VR/AR military sims) and then spins out Sleepy Penguin Studios to build one owned game for years. Practical takeaways: keep separate orgs and key people, audit NDAs and repos to avoid IP bleed, secure cashflow before shifting, avoid overburdening staff and run regular vibe checks.

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1. 0:00Breaking work-for-hire legacy
2. 4:05Building IP from work-for-hire
3. 15:50Transitioning to IP ownership pitfalls
4. 21:49Right time to shift focus
5. 25:24Balancing what and how in dev
6. 31:27B2B versus B2C differences
7. 44:01Managing venture boundaries
8. 47:59Avoiding burnout with IP goals
9. 51:15Final advice and closing