Twitch tv long biography

My work on Twitch began in October 2006, when Justin, Michael, and I drove across the country from New York to San Francisco. Kyle would join us three short months later, when we got him a one way ticket to fly out to San Francisco during MIT’s externship week.

We were making a 24/7 live reality television show about Justin’s life.

Twitch tv long biography

I thought at the time that we would most likely fail and give up in less than a year. My cofounders and most people we knew probably thought the same. I thought I’d start my real startup once that happened, but in the meantime this was just too crazy of a stunt not to try.

16 years and four months later, I’ve never set up direct deposit a second time.

Justin.tv, Inc. turned into Twitch Inc., Twitch Inc. became a fully owned subsidiary of Amazon, and along the way we have grown to more than 8 million streamers a month. While the 24/7 reality television show was in fact a bad idea, interactive live video on the i