Derk de Geus

Indie Scale-up Studio owner

Casual, Consoles, Indie, Leadership, Mobile, PC, Personal development, Unity

Co-founder and former CEO of Paladin Studios, for nearly two decades.

📍 The Hague

Mentor Bio

Derk de Geus is co-founder of Paladin Studios, a game development studio founded in 2005. Derk was the CEO of this studio for nearly two decades, in which the company grew from two to around 60 people, and from zero to multi-million yearly revenues. He closed the studio in 2024. He has now taken a step back to integrate the lessons learned.

At Paladin he worked with renowned publishers such as Nintendo, Apple, Netflix, Bandai Namco, LEGO, and others.

Notable games include Cut the Rope Remastered, Nailed It! Baking Bash, Good Job!, My Tamagotchi Forever, Stormbound, and Momonga Pinball Adventures.

Current role and activities

Solopreneur, musician, public speaker, author, and coach.

What you can learn from him

  1. Personal development
  2. All aspects of leadership
  3. Personal development and finding your mission in life
  4. Preventing / dealing with burnout

Derk’s First Advice

Entrepreneurship is a spiritual path, and it is critical to stay connected to your source of energy..