Twitch began as Justin TV, where my co-founder Justin streamed 24/7 with just one camera. The initial version had no video games and was very basic, but it was a starting point for the platform.

Before Twitch became a billion-dollar empire, it started as Justin.tv, a 24/7 live stream of one person's life without any script or plan, created by founders who were just trying to survive after selling a calendar app on eBay.

Twitch started as Justin.tv, an online reality TV show, showing that initial concepts can evolve significantly over time.

I invested in Justin.tv, which aimed to livestream everything, and while it struggled initially, it eventually pivoted to Twitch, focusing on video game streaming, which became a huge success.

The initial idea for Justin.tv emerged from discussions about what to do with Yahoo, leading to the unconventional decision to live stream their lives, which eventually evolved into a platform for others.

We pivoted Justin.tv into Twitch, focusing on video game streaming, which eventually sold to Amazon for $970 million in 2014.

When we pivoted from Justin.tv to Twitch, we had about 400,000 monthly active users, which was only 2% of Justin.tv's total user base, but it was the only content I was genuinely interested in running.

The idea for Justin.tv came from the realization that people were interested in what I was doing, even if I wasn't entertaining.

The founders of Justin.tv went on to create successful companies, with Emmett Shear becoming the CEO of Twitch, which is now estimated to be worth around twenty billion dollars.