>> I wonder how they pitched it to YC (and other investors). AFAIK, Justin and a friend took part in the first YC session with a web calendar called Kiko, whic

>> I wonder how they pitched it to YC (and other investors). AFAIK, Justin and a friend took part in the first YC session with a web calendar called Kiko, which they sold on eBay for 5 or 6 figures to a media company after Google came out with theirs. They started working on Justin.tv to have a product in a market which didn't exist at the time, mobile streaming video, to have a better chance of survival. I believe Justin et al have been working on Justin.tv even before Google purchased YouTube, and are funded by investors closely linked to YCombinator who enjoyed his YCombinator calendar startup.