By Alex Katt EECS 441

1. EECS 441 Company Presentation
Alex Katt

2. Products

3. Financials
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Estimated worth of $2-$4 billion
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Estimated to hold 50%-70% PC download sales
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More Profitable per Employee than Google or
Apple
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2005 gross income of $70 million, $55 million
profit
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Estimated high hundreds of millions revenue

4. History

5. Hot Stuff
“...prototypes will start arriving in the next three to four months time”

6. Secret Sauce
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Sales $$$
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Relationship With Developers (70 / 30)
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Cloud Storage of Games
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Organizational Structure

7. The Holy Hand Grenade
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Community: Valve cannot count to 3
− Half-life 2 (2004) OR Half-life 2 episode 2 (2007)
− Team Fortress 2 (2007)
− Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
− Portal 2 (2011)

8. Competition
Competition

9. Prediction
Yes! Valve will succeed!
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Privately Owned
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Profits not relying on a single product
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Strong community

10. Questions?