{"id":140,"date":"2016-07-20T13:05:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T07:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/?p=26413"},"modified":"2017-05-17T17:42:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T12:12:19","slug":"the-mastermind-behind-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/the-mastermind-behind-pokemon-go","title":{"rendered":"The Mastermind Behind Pok\u00e9mon Go"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eddie Cantor rightly said, \u201cIt takes twenty years to make an overnight success.\u201d And nobody except John Hanke would understand that better. John Hanke is the mastermind behind the biggest sensation that has taken the world by a sweep or rather, should I say lured everybody in, Pok\u00e9mon Go.<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Go is everywhere. In less than a week\u2019s time, it has become a worldwide trend. This week Pok\u00e9mon Go broke all records with ten million plus downloads, higher than average user time than Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

After creating the world\u2019s first MMO (massively multiplayer online game) called Meridian 59 in 1996, Hanke decided to move on to his bigger dream which encompassed mapping the world.\u00a0 Later in 2000, John launched \u2018Keyhole\u2019 to come up with ways to link maps with aerial photography, and thus that pushed him to create the first online, GPS linked 3D aerial map of the world.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t up till 2004 that Google bought Keyhole, and called it Google Earth, what is known more popularly. It was between 2004-2010 that John ran the Google Geo team and created Google Maps and Google Street view.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Hanke launched Niantic Labs as a start-up funded by Google to create a game layer on maps. John, later in 2012, created the first geo-based MMO, known as \u201cIngress\u201d.<\/p>\n

He derived inspiration from his daily commute, to and fro from home to Google.<\/p>\n

As an April Fools\u2019 Day Joke, Google and Pok\u00e9mon Company teamed up in 2014, which allowed users to find Pok\u00e9mon on Google maps. \u00a0But seeing the interaction the joke gained, John decided to build Pok\u00e9mon Go on the user-generated meeting points based on the players of Ingress. This gave birth to the popular Pokestops and gyms in Pok\u00e9mon Go.<\/p>\n

It was in December 2015 that John raised $25 million from Google, Pok\u00e9mon Company, Nintendo and other investors to grow his team of 40+ to launch the final game.\u00a0 Since its launch in USA, Australia and New Zealand, the app has generated over $2 million daily in in-app purchases making it an overnight phenomenon.<\/p>\n

It was his hard work and determination that pushed him right till the end. John Hanke had only one vision throughout these 20 years; he wanted to create a game layer over the world. But he didn\u2019t let that vision blind him, at every step of success, he didn\u2019t lose his focus, his eyes were still on the price, he just focused at his next level up. It is very rightly said, \u201cthe secret of success is never to give up.\u201d John Hanke started with such a simple goal, which escalated into one of the most revolutionizing ideas in history. He was motivated to get people outside the house and focus on their fitness, making them interact with fellow Pok\u00e9mon hunters and also recreate a new love for their surroundings and heritage places. He believed that humans weren\u2019t built to sit in a dark room with gear on their head and stick to computer screens.<\/p>\n

If you want to be the next John Hanke, make sure you focus on the next step always without losing sight of the main goal.<\/p>\n

Start by hiring a co-working space in Indiranagar<\/a>, Bengaluru or shared office space in Powai<\/a>, Mumbai, and build a strategy, plan your business and work towards your goal tirelessly.<\/p>\n

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