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Assertion Supported
Seibel: Justin.tv reached $24M in five years, then $1B in three
“And if you look at the history of Justin TV, in the first five years, it went from being worth nothing to being worth about twenty four million dollars. In the next three years, it went being worth twenty four million dollars to being worth a billion.”
Michael Seibel Sep 5, 2018 ▶ 50:28 Michael Seibel - Building Product · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
Seibel: Justin.tv's 2006 chat-right, video-left layout survived unchanged on Twitch
“The major product decisions that Justin TV made that carried through to Twitch to today was chat on the right, video on the left. We decided that in 2006. It is the same way, 2018.”
Michael Seibel Sep 5, 2018 ▶ 35:24 Michael Seibel - Building Product · Y Combinator
Assertion Partly supported
Altman: Justin Kan achieved a billion-dollar exit on his third YC startup
“It was Justin's third Y Combinator startup, I think, that ended up being a billion dollar exit. And YC funded him three times, and it worked out on the third.”
Sam Altman Aug 30, 2016 ▶ 23:16 Jessica Livingston : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
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