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Internet Gaming Entertainment organization

also: IGE, IGP

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Brock Pierceperson · 3Goldman Sachsorganization · 2Steve Bannonperson · 2Biosphere 2organization · 1

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Brock Pierce founded Internet Gaming Entertainment host_asserted
“Former child actor Brock Pierce, then age 20, started a company called Internet Gaming Entertainment, or IGE. Pierce had found what he could mine virtual good in games like EverQuest that could be sold to other players around the world who …”
▶ The Colonels Corner background & how others discuss Operation Gladio @ 25:19

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The Colonels Corner background & how others discuss Operation Gladio
▶ 25:19 Former child actor Brock Pierce, then age 20, started a company called Internet Gaming Entertainment, or IGE. Pierce had found what he could mine virtual good in games like EverQuest that could be sold to other players around the world who …
The Colonels Corner background & how others discuss Operation Gladio
▶ 25:48 selling intangible goods online for real money that had basically no value. Pierce knew he was onto something big, but he didn't know how to scale it. He needed an army of freelance miners, preferably operating in markets where labor was in…
The Colonels Corner background & how others discuss Operation Gladio
▶ 26:17 who replaced Pierce as CEO. In 2006, Bannon secured a $60 million investment in IGP from Goldman Sachs. $20 million went to Pierce so he could take some capital off the table. The company went on to expand into selling goods for multiple ga…