Tim Robinson created the subscriptions feature, which became a third of our revenue for years without anyone knowing.

Twitch gamifies the viewing experience by rewarding viewers with points for watching and allowing subscribers to gift subscriptions to others, enhancing community engagement.

The core learning from Twitch was that if they could help streamers make money, those streamers would create content that millions wanted to watch.

When I was at Twitch, we often copied features from competitors, but sometimes we realized that those features had no real value, highlighting the pitfalls of blindly following competitors. The company only started working when Emmett and Kevin began talking to users to understand their needs, rather than just copying competitors' features.

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

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 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.

YouTube's fundamental business model is advertising, but it also explores other monetization models like subscriptions and direct fan funding.

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.