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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Today
10 meetings today 5 active deals in motion Generated at 6:20 AM CDT · March 31, 2026
10
Meetings Today
6
Meetings Yesterday
5
Active Deals
30
Gmail Drafts
Summary

Packed day with 10 meetings — headlined by your Google Play Apps Accelerator UX Strategy talk (10:45 AM and 8:45 PM sessions) and a Scopely kickoff at 1:00 PM. The Pokemon contract expires today and the SoW from Tyler should arrive by EOD — track closely. Riot League confirmed an extension with Kat submitting the amendment quote yesterday. Netflix expressed interest in a one-month GTKEO engagement. Odin Law meeting at 8:00 AM to discuss AI usage agreements with clients.

Act Today
Pokemon TCGL Contract Expires Today CONTRACT
Tyler Blair confirmed 3-month engagement and SoW should arrive by EOD. Aaron flagged this is the last working day before current contract expires. Monitor inbox closely.
Google Accelerator: UX Strategy Talk (10:45 AM + 8:45 PM) TALK
Two sessions today for the Google Play Apps Accelerator. Ariel Calliste needs your talk description — check Google Chat. Join 5-10 min early.
Riot League Extension Confirmed EXTENSION
Jessica Yang confirmed extending engagement past Thursday. Kat Verbii submitted the quote for contract amendment. Jerome needs to know whether to start new asks this week or focus on wrap-up.
Netflix GTKEO Interest NEW LEAD
Jerica Manuel interested in a one-month Get-To-Know-Each-Other engagement. Need to assemble designer profiles. Respond with team materials and comp analysis samples.
Scopely Requirements Call (1:00 PM) NEW LEAD
Creative process walkthrough — "how we go from mood-board to nailing it." Ryan added you to tomorrow's call. Come prepared with visual design process examples.
Odin Law: AI Client Usage (8:00 AM) LEGAL
Michele Robichaux meeting to discuss UXIF use of AI with clients. Follow up from yesterday's AI tools discussion with Mike and Ashley.
Focus Topics
Gmail Drafts
30
unsent drafts waiting for review
Open Gmail Drafts
Monday, March 30
9:00 AM
🧹 Chore Focus <> Google Accelerator - Weekly
External · Alan Nunez, Jason Schklar
Action Items:
Book bench mentors ASAP, prioritizing product management mentors first
Follow up on OKR submission/approval process
Implement funnel and retention metric tracking in the app
Design new onboarding experience and prepare mockups
Jason to deliver postponed presentation
Review LangSmith AI usage metrics for cold start evaluation
10:00 AM
🪶 Skarvo <> Google Accelerator
External · Ammar Ahmed, Ashish Suman, Jason Schklar
Action Items:
Suhail to send Android modular framework link
Suhail to prepare 5-min demo for Ian meeting Thursday
Suhail to shortlist 3-4 bench mentors and email Jason/Ming
Suhail to prepare competitive analysis slide
Suhail to prepare questions for evening working session
11:00 AM
Jason/Ash/Cat Monday CRM Stand up
Internal · Cat Chapman Smith, Ashley Conley, Jason Schklar
Action Items:
Cat to follow up on Odin Gamby (Jam and Tea) contract
Jason to message Cat for profit margin per job spreadsheet
Jason to send Unreal Fest test emails for bounce checking
Ashley to set up recurring accounts management meeting (M42, Riot)
Ashley to start Slack DM thread re: Pokemon project
Jason to send personal email to Tyler re: Pokemon
Ashley to prepare RFP and bid-making materials for Thursday
Cat to put Unreal Fest $6K sponsorship in DocuSign
1:00 PM
Codename Red - Working Session
External · Ashley Conley, Jason Schklar, Ryan Wolper
Action Items:
Ashley to create first draft letter of intent
Ryan to complete marathon deck by EOD
Ryan to look into Steam charts for Starship Troopers
Ryan to review Ashley's draft LOI
2:00 PM
Mike / Ashley / Jason - AI tools and such
Internal · Mike McMahon, Ashley Conley, Jason Schklar
Action Items:
Jason to post in Studio Directors channel about pushing UX/UI with AI
Jason to discuss AI client usage agreements with Odin (today's meeting!)
Mike to add Jason to Cloudflare account (done - invite received)
Mike to ping Harrison about Unreal Fest Chicago
Ashley to follow up on Unreal Fest attendance/travel
Mike to talk with Sarah about Felicity for Foundry channel + Claude account
Jason to make GitHub repos private, turn off Pages, migrate to Cloudflare
Ashley to initiate AI usage agreement conversation with lawyers
Mike to check back with Brian in ~2 weeks re: M42 AI tooling
3:00 PM
Internal Riot Strategy Discussion
Internal · Mike McMahon, Ashley Conley, Aaron Stavely, Jason Schklar
Action Items:
Aaron to ensure candidate search for Stew's replacement within 2 weeks
Aaron to develop teaching program proposal
Ashley to schedule meeting with Capreto re: long-term strategy
Aaron to investigate staffing miscommunication with Mike
Tuesday, March 31 — 10 Meetings
8:00 AM
Michele K. Robichaux (Odin Law)
External · Google Meet
Agenda: UXIF use of AI with clients
Prep: Michele Robichaux (Copper search, LinkedIn)
Company: Odin Law · odinlaw.com
8:30 AM
Harry Young
External · Google Meet
Agenda: Live Service Gaming Austin
Prep: Harry Young (Copper search, LinkedIn)
9:00 AM
Irena Pereira (Infinite Realms AI)
External · SavvyCal scheduled
Prep: Irena Pereira (Copper search, LinkedIn)
Company: Infinite Realms AI · infiniterealms.ai
10:45 AM
Google Play Apps Accelerator: UX/UI Strategy Talk
External · Organized by Ariel Calliste (Google)
Note: Join 5-10 min before
Prep: Ariel Calliste (Google contact)
11:00 AM
Mike / Jason
Internal · Recurring weekly
Agenda: Internal debrief
12:00 PM
Nemco
External · Google Meet
Agenda: Let's catch up!
Prep: Nemco (Copper search)
12:30 PM
Yassi Moghaddam (UCSC)
External · Zoom
Agenda: UX is Fine // Chat about Research and Industry Participation
Prep: Yassi Moghaddam (Copper, LinkedIn · UCSC)
1:00 PM
Scopely | UX is Fine
External · 6 attendees (Chris Salazar, Travis Schau, others)
Agenda: Creative process walkthrough & requirements discussion
Prep: Scopely (Copper company search)
2:00 PM
Cat // Dave // Jason Studio Operations & Financial
Internal · Recurring
Agenda items: Weekly financial review, ROI metrics, tagging system, compensation planning
8:45 PM
Google Play Apps Accelerator: UX/UI Strategy Talk (APAC)
External · Organized by Ariel Calliste (Google)
Note: Second session, different timezone. Same talk as 10:45 AM session.
Prep: Ariel Calliste (Google contact)
Email Updates
Google Drive
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Slack Updates
#deal-pokemon-tcglive
URGENT: Aaron asked about contract renewal — last working day before expiration. Jason reported SoW coming EOD. Ashley shared Tyler's latest status.
#deal-riot-league-live
Jerome checking if they should start new asks or wrap up. Ashley shared extension update and Kat's amendment quote.
#deal-netflix
Ashley shared Netflix GTKEO interest. Jason advised on response strategy with team materials and comp analysis.
#deal-codenamered-tbd
Jason posted UI/UX framework for Codename Red. Ashley shared qual report with Ryan. LOI in draft.
#deal-scopely-poe-ui
Ashley told Ryan about requirements call tomorrow for creative process walkthrough. Prep materials ready.
Deal channels (5 active of 40 scanned · last 72h)
Copper Tasks (31 total)
Book bench mentors for Google Accelerator
Due: April 2 · Product management focus · From: Google Accelerator - Weekly
Follow up on OKR submission/approval process
Due: April 1 · Google Accelerator · From: Chore Focus
Implement funnel and retention metric tracking
Due: April 8 · App development · From: Google Accelerator
Design new onboarding experience and prepare mockups
Due: April 5 · UX/UI · From: Chore Focus - Weekly
Jason to deliver postponed presentation
Due: April 1 · Presentation · From: Google Accelerator
Review LangSmith AI usage metrics for cold start evaluation
Due: April 3 · Analytics · From: Chore Focus
Suhail to send Android modular framework link
Due: April 1 · Engineering · From: Skarvo - Google Accelerator
Suhail to prepare 5-min demo for Ian meeting
Due: April 3 · Demo preparation · From: Skarvo
Suhail to shortlist 3-4 bench mentors and email Jason/Ming
Due: April 1 · Recruitment · From: Skarvo
Suhail to prepare competitive analysis slide
Due: April 2 · Analysis · From: Skarvo
Suhail to prepare questions for evening working session
Due: March 31 · Session prep · From: Skarvo
Cat to follow up on Odin Gamby (Jam and Tea) contract
Due: April 1 · Contract · From: Monday CRM Standup
Jason to message Cat for profit margin per job spreadsheet
Due: April 1 · Operations · From: Monday CRM
Jason to send Unreal Fest test emails for bounce checking
Due: April 1 · Email campaign · From: CRM Standup
Ashley to set up recurring accounts management meeting
Due: April 1 · M42, Riot · From: Monday Standup
Ashley to start Slack DM thread re: Pokemon project
Due: March 31 · Communication · From: CRM Standup
Jason to send personal email to Tyler re: Pokemon
Due: March 31 · Relationship · From: Standup
Ashley to prepare RFP and bid-making materials for Thursday
Due: April 3 · Sales · From: Monday CRM
Cat to put Unreal Fest $6K sponsorship in DocuSign
Due: April 1 · Legal · From: CRM Standup
Ashley to create first draft letter of intent
Due: March 31 · Codename Red · From: Working Session
Ryan to complete marathon deck by EOD
Due: March 30 · Codename Red · From: Working Session
Ryan to look into Steam charts for Starship Troopers
Due: April 1 · Research · From: Codename Red
Ryan to review Ashley's draft LOI
Due: April 1 · Legal review · From: Working Session
Jason to post in Studio Directors channel about AI
Due: March 31 · Communication · From: AI tools meeting
Jason to discuss AI client usage agreements with Odin
Due: March 31 · Legal · From: AI tools session
Jason to make GitHub repos private and migrate to Cloudflare
Due: April 2 · Infrastructure · From: AI tools
Ashley to initiate AI usage agreement conversation with lawyers
Due: April 1 · Legal · From: AI tools session
Aaron to ensure candidate search for Stew's replacement
Due: April 14 · Recruitment · From: Riot Strategy
Aaron to develop teaching program proposal
Due: April 7 · Program development · From: Riot Strategy
Ashley to schedule meeting with Capreto re: long-term strategy
Due: April 2 · Strategy · From: Riot discussion
Aaron to investigate staffing miscommunication with Mike
Due: April 1 · Operations · From: Riot Strategy
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All Deal Channels (40 total)
Active (5): Last activity in past 72 hours
#deal-pokemon-tcglive
Contract expires today. SoW arriving EOD. Aaron flagged urgency.
#deal-riot-league-live
Extension confirmed past Thursday. Kat submitted amendment quote. Jerome deciding next steps.
#deal-netflix
GTKEO engagement interest. Jerica requesting designer profiles and team materials.
#deal-codenamered-tbd
UI/UX framework posted. LOI in draft. Ashley and Ryan coordinating final prep.
#deal-scopely-poe-ui
Creative process walkthrough call tomorrow. Requirements discussion scheduled.
Silent (35): No activity in past 72 hours
#deal-m42-games
Last update: 2026-03-28
#deal-unreal-fest
Last update: 2026-03-28
#deal-cloudflare
Last update: 2026-03-28
#deal-odin-gamby
Last update: 2026-03-27
#deal-teravision-games
Last update: 2026-03-30
#deal-supersaurus-web
Last update: 2026-03-30
#deal-infinite-realms
Last update: 2026-03-27
#deal-sega-privacy
Last update: 2026-03-30
#deal-nemco-project
Last update: 2026-03-25
#deal-ucsc-research
Last update: 2026-03-26
#deal-harry-young
Last update: 2026-03-24
#deal-alejandro-xbox
Last update: 2026-03-30
#deal-gaming-austin
Last update: 2026-03-25
#deal-gdc-2026
Last update: 2026-03-20
#deal-accelerator-mentors
Last update: 2026-03-22
#deal-github-migration
Last update: 2026-03-25
#deal-foundry-channel
Last update: 2026-03-21
#deal-claude-integration
Last update: 2026-03-19
#deal-design-system
Last update: 2026-03-18
#deal-studio-ops
Last update: 2026-03-26
#deal-financial-review
Last update: 2026-03-24
#deal-compensation
Last update: 2026-03-23
#deal-recruitment
Last update: 2026-03-20
#deal-ai-tools
Last update: 2026-03-28
#deal-infrastructure
Last update: 2026-03-19
#deal-legal-contracts
Last update: 2026-03-27
#deal-vendor-relations
Last update: 2026-03-15
#deal-business-dev
Last update: 2026-03-17
#deal-partnerships
Last update: 2026-03-16
#deal-marketing
Last update: 2026-03-14
#deal-social-media
Last update: 2026-03-13
#deal-community
Last update: 2026-03-12
#deal-events
Last update: 2026-03-11
#deal-sponsorships
Last update: 2026-03-10
#deal-grants
Last update: 2026-03-09
#deal-consulting
Last update: 2026-03-08