{"id":4159,"date":"2014-07-30T14:38:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T14:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4159"},"modified":"2014-07-25T14:39:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T14:39:18","slug":"success-feels-good-when-there-are-waves-of-haters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/07\/30\/success-feels-good-when-there-are-waves-of-haters\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Feels Good when there are waves of haters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cGoogle Seals Deal to Buy Twitch for $1 Billion<\/a>\u201d via Variety.<\/p>\n

Twitch was created by the founders of Justin.tv, a website designed for users to \u201clifecast\u201d themselves with online video. After a growing number of videogamers began using Justin.tv to broadcast their gameplay, the company launched the dedicated Twitch.tv service in mid-2011.<\/em><\/p>\n

Privately held Twitch has raised about $35 million in funding \u2014 meaning the $1 billion deal is a significant windfall for its backers. Investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Alsop Louie Partners, WestSummit Capital, Take-Two Interactive Software, Thrive Capital and Draper Associates. Twitch Interactive, which includes Justin.tv, has about 130 employees.<\/em><\/p>\n

San Francisco-based Twitch says it has more than 45 million monthly users, who watch an average of 106 minutes of video daily. Users can upload and watch free, live gameplay videos from Microsoft Xbox One and Sony PlayStation 4 consoles. Twitch generates revenue through ads and as well as subscriptions, with about 300,000 paying members.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A TechCrunch Commenter<\/a> from 3 years ago on this post<\/a>\u00a0by Justin Kan founder of Twitch:<\/p>\n

So how many years have you wasted chasing Startup dreams? four? five? WTF! Fuckoff, go back to Yale and stop wasting your time around PG!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I be at the time, Justin and team (mostly all Yale alumni) read that comment hunched over a bowl of ramen and tap water and it might have hurt a little. Even with thick-skin, these sort of comments hurt especially when you\u2019re pouring everything into a dream with a very tiny margin of payout.<\/p>\n

Justin Kan, Michael Siebel, Kyle Vogt, Emmet Shear and others put a lot into Justin.TV at the time. I was one of the first life-casters along with iJustine. I eventually used their platform to launch Adam\u2019s Block and Siebel especially was very supportive of the plans. Eventually, it was clear we\u2019d have to build our own service but I\u2019m really happy with what Justin and team accomplished and their openness toward innovation.<\/p>\n

The only circumstantial thing I can say about the team and keeping in mind, I don\u2019t know the inner-workings is that my friend Tia-Marie who was a lowly paid community manager @ Justin.TV back in 2009 pushed hard for video game channels allowing creators to stream their live game-plays. The founders weren\u2019t supportive of it and didn\u2019t see the value (again, that\u2019s just what I heard) and this was before Machinima, Twitch or YouTube Live. The gaming channels ended up being so hugely popular (long after Tia left) that Twitch was formed.<\/p>\n

Justin.TV was for life casters, Social Cam was streaming mobile TV for life casters and Twitch was for gamers and now, in its 3rd iteration they\u2019re finally finding an exit for all of their hard work in the last 5-7 years. I don\u2019t think Tia or her colleagues are owed some big payout for their work but it\u2019s my understanding that video game streaming wasn\u2019t a focus there, social cam was and it would be cool for her to get some recognition for pushing so hard way back in the day.<\/p>\n

Other than that, the entire team at JTV deserves a huge high-five. Great work guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cGoogle Seals Deal to Buy Twitch for $1 Billion\u201d via Variety. 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