I believed YouTube could become the destination for user-generated video on the internet. They had a spectacular team, and the product was delightful and easy to use, which led to Sequoia Capital backing YouTube's first financing.

YouTube is fundamentally about watching, sharing, and creating video content, and it aims to maintain its position as the world's oldest and largest creator economy.

In 2005, it became common to see people huddled around laptops watching the latest viral videos, marking a dawning era of the internet, with videos like a Saturday Night Live clip and a Nike ad reaching a million views, while we also realized that YouTube was consuming a significant portion of the internet's bandwidth, a technical achievement that many didn't fully understand at the time.

YouTube's evolution from a video dating service to a global platform has enabled millions to create careers and has become a primary source of entertainment and education worldwide.

Embedding forms on other websites was a unique feature that helped Wufoo gain traction, as it allowed users to share our product without redirecting their audience.

The future of social media will depend on platforms that incentivize creators by sharing revenue, attracting more users and content creators, while YouTube could evolve into a social media platform if it allows users to message each other and follow friends' content, similar to how Netflix could become more social if viewers could chat while watching movies together.

YouTube's live streaming has potential because it combines video on demand with real-time interaction, allowing creators to build a community by engaging with viewers instantly.

YouTube is the world's most efficient connector between creators and their audiences, enabling them to build sustainable careers.

The first version of YouTube was a dating site, where users had to rate videos from 1 to 10 before seeing the next one. After one week with zero videos uploaded, we pivoted to allow any type of video to be shared, which led to the YouTube we know today.