Twitch

7 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Christina Xu · said 49 times in 17 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Xu: Chinese streaming evolved from dating apps while US streaming came from gaming
“I think it's also partially because it's so built on top of, it's basically like the live streaming apps there are built on top of dating apps more or less, right? Or like they go hand in hand with that. And so there's a lot of flirtation and with flirtation, …”
Christina Xu Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:47 a16z Podcast | Stickers! Filters! Memes! Livestreams!
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Chen: Modern Games Must Include Built-In Twitch Sharing Features
“Like, there's no point these days in building a new game that doesn't have built-in recording and publishing to Twitch and built-in tournament systems and all the community features and all that stuff that you need.”
Andrew Chen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:40 a16z Podcast | The Basics of Growth 1 -- User Acquisition
May 17, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Justin Kan: Emmett Shear Was the Only Founder Who Believed in Twitch
“When we pivoted Justin TV to Twitch, nobody believed that there would, and this was a market, right? No one believed, no investors, very few of our, even internal employees like believe, and even the founders were skeptical. You know, Emmett deserves the credi…”
Justin Kan May 17, 2019 ▶ 11:09 10+1 Lessons from Serial Entrepreneur Justin Kan
May 17, 2019 positive
Insight
Justin Kan: First-Time Founders Must Take Market Risk, Veterans Execution Risk
“When you have nothing going for you, except for you're like willing to put in hard amount, you know, like long hours and a lot of blood, sweat, and tears Then you should focus on things that are like, where there's a lot of market risk, because ideas where the…”
Justin Kan May 17, 2019 ▶ 9:20 10+1 Lessons from Serial Entrepreneur Justin Kan
May 17, 2019
Disclosure
Justin Kan Deleted All Entertainment Apps, Including Twitch, to Cure Phone Addiction
“I deleted all the entertainment apps off my phone, including the browser, and I locked it so that I don't, can't install new apps because I was a total phone addict. That includes Twitch.”
Justin Kan May 17, 2019 ▶ 42:33 10+1 Lessons from Serial Entrepreneur Justin Kan
Jun 7, 2019
Assertion Supported
Carrocchio: Twitch paid Activision Blizzard $90 million for Overwatch broadcast rights
“Twitch paid Activision Blizzard ninety million dollars to broadcast the Overwatch League's first two seasons.”
Bennett Carrocchio Jun 7, 2019 ▶ 4:06 What's Next for Esports Startups
Mar 9, 2020 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Chou: Only 10,000 of Twitch's 3M streamers earn full-time income
“On Twitch, the largest streaming platform, there's over three million active streamers a month. Out of that, there's only 10,000 that are in Twitch's partner program making a full-time income.”
Kevin Chou Mar 9, 2020 ▶ 8:28 Gamers are Entering a New Era of Monetization
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