bcbusiness.ca 50 BCBusiness april 2014
Sam Chandola
Founder and CEO,
Victory Square Games Inc.
Age: 25
S
am Chandola has been CEO
of Victory Square Games for
10 months. That's the longest
he's ever held a job. Originally
from India, Chandola moved to
Vancouver to attend Vancouver
Film School and saw major gaming
companies exiting Vancouver,
leaving behind a lot of young talent
he could tap into. So he united his
love of gaming with storytelling to
create the mobile gaming studio. "I
have no business running a game
studio, but I had the right passion
and a vision. I knew I could act on
it," says Chandola. In less than a
year he has developed a partner-
ship with Microsoft Canada as well
as attracted over half a million dol-
lars through investors and plans to
expand to include a film component
to the studio. –A.W.
"MY ADvICE FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS: 'READY,
AIM, FIRE.' DON'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT.
GO OUT THERE AND DO IT, AND IF YOU FAIL IT'S
FINE. WEAR YOUR FAILURE LIKE A BADGE"
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