<story><title>Company with the “World’s Least Powerful CEO” Makes $2.5 Million Every Day</title><url>http://blog.idonethis.com/post/48277151394/least-powerful-ceo</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Irregardless</author><text>I&apos;m not sure if this is more of a testament to their corporate strategy or the effectiveness of the freemium model for mobile games.&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s amazing how difficult it is to sell an iOS game for anything more than $1.99. But, if you give them the game for free and let them exchange real money for strategic advantages in-game, they&apos;ll fork over a small fortune. Supercell is essentially selling $2.5 million/day in &quot;gems&quot; for only 2 games, gems that people then trade for resources or the ability to do things faster (like building units or structures).&lt;p&gt;A user named &apos;Panda&apos; on the Supercell forums claims to have spent over $6,000 on gems in Clash of Clans[1]. Based on the responses regarding how quickly he was able to reach the top of the rankings, it seems to be true. Many other players in the thread report having spent $20-$40 on gems.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.supercell.net/showthread.php/827-How-much-money-have-you-spent-on-this-game?p=5370&amp;#38;viewfull=1#post5370&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://forum.supercell.net/showthread.php/827-How-much-money...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Company with the “World’s Least Powerful CEO” Makes $2.5 Million Every Day</title><url>http://blog.idonethis.com/post/48277151394/least-powerful-ceo</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>msandford</author><text>How long before we see a bunch of startups or consultants trying to cargo cult their success by simply organizing into teams and wondering why it didn&apos;t work.  There&apos;s more to this company than simply &quot;we have small cells that are independent&quot; there was a lot of thought as to who owns what and how they own it.</text></comment>