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The family moved to a small town in Nebraska, monnalisa where Ben was born, but the story of how the family escaped 38 years ago this month became part of family monnalisa lore - Real-life bedtime stories of daring and danger young Ben never tired of hearing. Three decades later, Ben started monnalisa his own company, monnalisa SkyVu (pronounced sky-Voo) Entertainment and used these stories that inspired his mobile game called "Battle Bears." "The Battle Bears is a sci-fi monnalisa journey from one end of a futuristic America to the end, "Vu said. "It kind of parallels monnalisa the story my family tells of moving from Vietnam to America, the treacherous journey. They have always told me that story throughout childhood. It stuck with me. "Since it began in 2009, mobile games download" monnalisa Battle Bears "more than 24 million times. SkyVu has grown from three employees to 35 and counting. Two "Battle Bears" game soundtrack albums selling on iTunes, and Omaha company monnalisa is currently working on a web series with Google. Vu goal is to create an entertainment empire, beginning with the Battle Bears - cartoon characters, but in the gaming press both the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Angry Birds. Since launching mobile in 2009, "Battle Bears" monnalisa has been downloaded more than 24 million times.At 37, Vu is unlikely tech entrepreneur. He grew up in Norfolk, Nebraska, far from the technology and entertainment hubs in Silicon Valley and Hollywood. His parents, who left successful coffee and tea company left in Vietnam, worked as janitors, first. The family lived in a house not far from his childhood Johnny Carson's. "Whenever they're Johnny Carson comes home, I remember the TV crew comes to town. It was the biggest thing ever to happen in Norfolk, I think. It was my first encounter with entertainment, "Vu said. One of the benefits of the work of his father was paper. His father would bring home reams of paper from the hospital where he worked. "It was one of my fondest memories of that we would put reams of paper on the table in the early evening, we roll it out and my brother and I would pull out war scenes, weapons and vehicles including hand sewing our" T pull anymore, "Vu said. Ben's mother became a seamstress and his father graduated in computer science. His older brother, Hoa, joined the military, rising to the rank of captain before SkyVu founded in 2008 by Ben Ben recalls a lackluster monnalisa student, but says he could always draw and tell stories. He completed his master's degree monnalisa in animation at CalArts and worked on the Oscar-nominated monnalisa cartoon "Coraline" before SkyVu basement monnalisa rented home in suburban Omaha. "I decided that I could spend all my time toiling away in the film trying to make the characters my reality, or I could start something on my own and aim for a smaller screen," Vu says. It financed SkyVu out of pocket, with help from friends and family, before throwing his idea to Nebraska Angels, a group of local venture capitalists. He got his first outside investment of almost $ 500,000 - a sum which is not a lot of dotcom startups monnalisa standards but one that made a huge difference for SkyVu. "I get a great work ethic from my dad and from my mother and my older brother, but I also have a little creativity monnalisa and rebelliousness that helps fuel the company," said Vu. Ben is the CEO SkyVu is. His brother is still in control, but is not involved in day-to-day operations. In "Battle Bears" The Bears travel the galaxy trying to keep it safe from the threat in a way that is both cute and quirky. Chief among them are enemies Console Renewables, pink should embrace the battle is to the death unless the characters shoot their heads off first - draws a rainbow to spew from their bodies. "We have very cute bears and they are very good, wild conditions. So they must be 'MacGuyver' their way out with a very unique monnalisa weapon, "Vu said. "And that's part of the beauty brand. It's wack ness, along with just a little bit of violence for the spectacular. "Walk monnalisa among game developers, space festooned with posters, drawings and 3-D rendering, Vu becomes animated talking about new characters, new weapons monnalisa and new games in the works. "This is very much show business, and we must continue to grow if we are to become monnalisa a major media company," Vu says.
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