We established two teams to pursue mobile video and gaming, with one team focusing on gaming led by me and Kevin Lynn, as we believed in its potential.

Our pivot from web games to mobile was a critical decision, driven by the realization that our first Facebook game was a failure, which ultimately guided our direction.

Despite skepticism from investors about the video game market, we believed it would be a significant industry due to our experiences as part of the video game generation.

To pivot Justin.tv, we realized we needed to talk to users to identify valuable use cases and directions for growth, particularly in gaming.

Gaming requires significant upfront investment, similar to film and television, and we need to build a strong creative foundation to compete with pure gaming companies.

When we launched our game 'Fates Forever' in 2014, it was a competitive multiplayer game on iPad, but it didn't succeed for various reasons, leading us to pivot.

We decided to optimize for quickly establishing the virtual reality ecosystem to understand what works and what doesn't in VR, which required us to take risks and build products rapidly.

During a meeting with Rockstar Games, I realized that to compete in the PC game store market, we would need to invest heavily in minimum guarantees for game titles, which led us to pivot away from that business.

I believed we needed to do hardware to compete in the mobile space, but the board disagreed, which contributed to my decision to resign.