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Famously, this is what Justin.tv did. They split the company into three parts: 1) Justin.tv 2) Twitch 3) SocialCam I suspect if they had to choose one, they w
by seizethecheese 8y ago
Famously, this is what Justin.tv did. They split the company into three parts:
1) Justin.tv
2) Twitch
3) SocialCam
I suspect if they had to choose one, they would have done SocialCam, and they would have missed the billion dollar opportunity that was Twitch.
Like most things, it depends.
- mwseibel 8y agoWe did both for a relatively short period of time (about 1 year) when we were a profitable company. So... very special circumstance. Btw - its kinda cool that people even know the backstory to Twitch.
- anoncoward111 8y agoHackerNews proving once again that you can get incredible insight in real-time from names big and small :)
- seizethecheese 8y agoCredit to the team having both you and Justin as great story tellers.
- syntaxing 8y agoI remember listening to you guys talk about your experience starting the company on a podcast (I think it was Startup from Gimlet media?). It was an awesome episode (I think two actually) and was very inspirational to listen to. I love the part when you guys received the money during one of the founders' wedding and seeing the number on the bank account.
- owens99 8y ago(my personal experience) 80% of the time, do both is the wrong choice. 20% of the time, it's the right thing. So say no 80% of the time and say yes less than 20% of the time.