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
years people months
The crucial people to get your product started for the first 6 months are not who will be using it 3 years later.
mean issues people
People who are using your product and putting up with all these issues, means that they are not actually the biggest problems.
giving people cards
Sales is this cure all for this problem. Get people to give you their credit card and I guarantee you they're actually interested.
ideas people enough
The question is, once you have this idea, is this enough? Is it something people would actually switch just to have?
thinking people pet
That's actually one of the most disappointing things about doing user interviews and user feedback, which is why I think... people don't do it. You're going to get negative news about your favorite pet feature most of the time.
mistake people common
The most common mistakes are showing people your product- don't show them your product, it's sort of like telling them bout a feature.
people care pool
The pool of people you care about is going to shift over time.
talking people silence
People don't like silence, so they'll keep talking to fill the void.
play people magic
Recording interviews is like magic. a) It stops you from taking notes in the middle and b) you can play that recording for people.
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.
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.
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Given the growing popularity of pop culture conventions, many of them are selling out, leaving a lot of fans out in the dark and having to trawl the Internet for bits and pieces of news that relate to these events.
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There's no bigger gaming franchise on the console than 'Call of Duty', and we can't wait to see what the community can create with this new tool.
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Our app for Xbox 360 brings Twitch video to the television and into the living room of millions of Xbox Live members for the first time. The app will let every Xbox Live gamer find and watch streams of their favorite games from their couch.