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Disclosure
Meerkat realized live video was unsustainable three months after raising $14M
“Within three months after raising fourteen million dollars from Greylock and other investors, we were like, guys, there's no broadcaster attention in the average person, in the 99% who are not celebs, media and news. And because of this, we cannot build an ind…”
Ben Rubin Aug 21, 2020 ▶ 18:15 20VC: Biggest Lessons From Scaling Houseparty To Millions of Users, Why Today's Metrics Are Insufficient To Determine Product Success & What Breaks with Scale From Team To Product with Ben Rubin, Co-Founder @ /talk & Houseparty
Disclosure
Meerkat's broadcaster retention only existed among celebrities and media
“And one of the things that we saw that we had the privilege to see with millions of people using Meerkat is that the retention for broadcasters Only existed in the celebs, media, and news type of users.”
Ben Rubin Aug 21, 2020 ▶ 16:43 20VC: Biggest Lessons From Scaling Houseparty To Millions of Users, Why Today's Metrics Are Insufficient To Determine Product Success & What Breaks with Scale From Team To Product with Ben Rubin, Co-Founder @ /talk & Houseparty
Assertion Supported
Breinlinger: Meerkat's rapid growth was unsustainable and crashed post-investment
“Meerkat is actually one of my favorite examples, which was skyrocketing in terms of usage, but nothing was sustainable about it, and, you know, they got an investment, and it crashed shortly after that”
Josh Breinlinger Apr 5, 2017 ▶ 5:32 20VC: Why Spray & Pray Investing Is Wrong, Why Data-Informed VC Beats Data Driven VC & What To Look For When Investing In A Marketplace with Josh Breinlinger, Managing Director @ Jackson Square Ventures
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Hartman: The competition between Meerkat and Periscope is not over yet
“I don't think it's over yet.”
Matt Hartman Oct 12, 2015 ▶ 14:56 20 VC 078: BETAWORKS WEEK: Matt Hartman, Director of Seed Investments @ Betaworks
Opinion
Hartman: Meerkat executed one of the best recent product launches
“I thought that that was sort of in retrospect now, one of the best product launches I've seen in a while.”
Matt Hartman Oct 12, 2015 ▶ 14:14 20 VC 078: BETAWORKS WEEK: Matt Hartman, Director of Seed Investments @ Betaworks
Opinion
Lipman: Periscope holds a significant growth advantage over Meerkat
“I think Periscope, they have a advantage in regards to growth with, you know, being able to piggyback off of Twitter and using, having such a strong relationship with them, and now actually being acquired by them, but I think that they both can win, but at thi…”
Brandon Lipman Apr 20, 2015 ▶ 16:22 20 VC 029: The Potential Upside To A Technology Bubble with TechCrunch's Brandon Lipman
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