{"id":1973,"slug":"hanke-john","name":"Hanke, John","type":"person","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:44:59.478380+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"97ded4ab-6683-4f90-ab3e-45a331675180","slug":"s08e15-the-location-based-pokemon-game-company","subject":"s08e15: The Location-based Pokemon Game Company","title":"The Location-based Pokemon Game Company","publish_date":"2020-06-30T21:27:49.407000+00:00","year":2020,"month":6,"season":8,"episode":15,"episode_label":"s08e15","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s08e15-the-location-based-pokemon-game-company/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3603,"context":" … I did think (and still do) that founder <mark>John Hanke</mark>’s vision was admirable: to use technology to get people to go outside and connect. I just didn … ","reading_minutes":18},{"id":"6bde3a7a-1c84-46b7-a6ed-effb89a56cce","slug":"s08e01-learning-the-world","subject":"s08e01: Learning the world","title":"Learning the world","publish_date":"2020-01-03T23:54:18.013000+00:00","year":2020,"month":1,"season":8,"episode":1,"episode_label":"s08e01","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s08e01-learning-the-world/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1369,"context":" … I remember being overly harsh on <mark>John Hanke</mark> and his team when I was on a Niantic partner pitch meeting a long time ago, but I have to … ","reading_minutes":7},{"id":"00cbbf22-f378-42a4-9566-16d1f1e59259","slug":"s3e24-overnight-success","subject":"s3e24: OVERNIGHT SUCCESS","title":"OVERNIGHT SUCCESS","publish_date":"2016-07-13T00:00:00+00:00","year":2016,"month":7,"season":3,"episode":24,"episode_label":"s03e24","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s3e24-overnight-success/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3424,"context":" … I met <mark>John Hanke</mark>, the CEO of Niantic. We'd been invited by Niantic's VP of Partnerships to come in - I was busy working with a team … ","reading_minutes":17}]}