Saara Bergström is the COO at Next Games, a Finnish mobile game developer recently acquired by Netflix, known for their successful IP mobile titles such as Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and The Walking Dead: No Man's Land. Saara has had a close to a 15-year career in advertising, product marketing and public relations. At Next Games, where she has worked for nearly 10 years, she pivoted from CMO to COO last year and started a new journey officially in an operations role. In this episode, we will walk you through Next Games' cultural journey and transformation from its early startup days, to the company's financial restructuring, to going IPO, to becoming a Netflix studio.

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69. The Journey Of Next Games To Becoming A Netflix Studio - with Saara Bergström