Emmett Shear
Emmett Shear
Emmett Shearis an Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and TwitchTV. He's also a part-time partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator. Shear is also co-founder of Kiko Software, the first AJAX-based online calendar. Shear graduated from Yale University in 2005 with a degree in computer science...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
block people important
This is true for most new products. The majority of people you're competing with are non-users. They are people who have never used your service before. And what they say is actually the most important. What they say is the thing that blocks you from expanding the size of your market with your features.
pay commit fronts
It's one of the most validating things you can do for a product is go out there and get them to commit to pay you up front.
want
You want to learn about what's already in their heads. You want to avoid putting things there.
class people lucky
Most startups are not just built for the person who is using them. When you do that, every now and then you get really lucky and... are representative of some huge class of people who all want the same thing you do... but very often that just turns into a side project that doesn't go anywhere.