2008 StartupNation Dorm-Based 20 Winners

The annual StartupNation Dorm-Based 20 Ranking salutes the leading collegiate entrepreneurs in America for their achievements as well as their prospects for success.    » About the 2008 Competition

 

World Gaming Center LLC

Entrepreneur: Jeffery Brown College: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Year: Sophomore
World Gaming Center LLC

Jeffery Brown is turning his love of gaming into a winning business.  It’s called World Gaming Center is Jeffery’s brainchild born from a gaming website he started back in high school. (That’s called forethought.)

Aggressively billed as the “New Era in Gaming,” Jeffery says it’s a family-friendly environment for social and competitive play for people of all ages. And while it’s probably not competing with many of the Web’s largest online gaming sites, the site boasts over 150,000 total registered players offering action, board, card, sports, and other online games.

And here’s keen business acumen: Jeffery runs WGC a volunteer staff of over 500 hosts. Backed by advertising dollars and fellow online gaming enthusiasts, Jeffery’s definitely honing his business game.

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