Having a four-person co-founder team and maintaining engagement from all members over the years is rare, but our strong interpersonal dynamics contributed to our stability.

Despite facing dysfunction in decision-making, the deep trust among us as leaders helped us avoid falling apart.

Our founding team, which included four members, surprisingly worked well together despite the general advice against having that many co-founders.

We all had moments where we impressed each other, which contributed to our strong team dynamic despite occasional disappointments.

Despite the dysfunction, we respected each other's areas of ownership, which allowed us to function and grow the company effectively, and we all found motivation from the challenges we faced while building Twitch, which required perseverance.

As we grew, we faced challenges with leadership, often placing inexperienced individuals in leadership roles too early, which can lead to failures and dissatisfaction.

There was a deep integrity and trust among us, which meant we never blamed each other for failures; we were all in it together.

None of us wanted to take on each other's roles, as we were all comfortable in our own areas of expertise, which helped us form a strong bond during tough times.

Even when we were relatively unknown, we had a highly talented team that could tackle significant challenges.