Who is this guy?
Author of “One Up” · Startup Advisor · Lecturer at NYU Stern · Co-Founder of SuperData Research
Joost teaches at the NYU Stern School of Business and is author of One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games.
Previously Joost was co-founder and CEO of SuperData Research, a games market research firm, which was acquired by Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) in 2018.
He serves as a startup advisor at Parsec Gaming, and publishes a weekly newsletter on gaming, tech, and entertainment called SuperJoost Playlist.
Joost received a MA from the University of Amsterdam and a PhD from Columbia University.
Joost is an investor and sought-after advisor to both small startups and large financial firms active in creative industries.
A central component to his strategic expertise is his combined background as a pioneering academic researcher on the economics of the games business, and his entrepreneurial experience of successfully building and selling a games market research firm.
Current favorite titles: Call of Duty Mobile, Red Dead Redemption 2, Doom Eternal.