8. Game Truck Party

Tempe, Ariz.
Founded: 2006

It was 2006 and Scott Novis was frustrated with the pizza arcade experience at his son’s 4th birthday party. Children were running around unmonitored, and the games were boring and static; most of the kids had better games and graphics on their home game boxes than what was being offered at the party. So not long afterward, he went home and, in his garage, retrofitted a truck with gaming consoles, flat-screen monitors and cool interiors, creating the first GameTruck portable gaming party. He threw a birthday party for a friend and, soon, GameTruck was a thriving weekend business. Since then, the company has grown to nearly $2 million in revenue, and is thriving with nearly 40 trucks in 20 locations across the country and 12 employees in its home office. The company also offers franchise opportunities.

GameTruck San Diego introduced our Play3 initiative on Fox 5 News in San Diego.  Play3 is to get gamers to play smart, social, and safe.

For more information on Play3 please visit our education page.

GameTruck has come a long away in just six years, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed.  Entrepreneur’s StartUps (entrepreneur.com) featured GT in their summer edition cover article “Ten Hot Startups.”  What does Entrepreneurcontribute to our success? Not just a great concept, but “a combination of creativity, determination, hard work, great products and services.”  Interested in starting your own GameTruck fleet? Check out the Franchise Info section of the site.