{"id":2823,"date":"2014-10-12T12:59:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T16:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2014-10-14T16:03:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T20:03:50","slug":"iteration-3-twitch-pattern-iterates-onto-paul-grahams-sweet-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/iteration-3-twitch-pattern-iterates-onto-paul-grahams-sweet-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Iteration #3, Twitch Pattern Iterates Onto Paul Graham’s Sweet Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Larry Chiang\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Paul Graham can be introduced to you like a gateway founder drug with one pic and one bit.ly<\/a><\/div>\n
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The one picture got Airbnb it’s $4B market cap and Twitch it’s $1B exit<\/div>\n
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PG’s part is “YC”.<\/div>\n
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Graph conclusion: Get a small segment to love you. For example “video game players that wanna watch each other play video games”<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/td>\nTwitch (@Twitch<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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10\/7\/14, 10:16 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
MT\u00a0@gameinformer<\/a>: Streaming Tips From\u00a0@Twitch<\/a>\u00a0Most Followed User,\u00a0@ProSyndicate<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0bit.ly\/1naNCf8<\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/XFtfmsV7zU<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


Did the founders (who are YC partners) initially listen to PG?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/td>\nJennifer 8. Lee (@jenny8lee<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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10\/11\/14, 6:34 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
Don’t Give Up. Most important lesson.\u00a0@Twitch<\/a>\u00a0was third version of the startup – Emmett Shear at\u00a0#startupschool<\/a>.\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/NA8OiLj5fV<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

It turns out “No”. No the Twitch founders did not initially listen…It took them 3 iterations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ENGR145 has a parallel concept that breaks down the PG slide into 14 slides and DJ’s in 5 mentors too<\/div>\n
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It’s called “Cross the Chasm from the Right”<\/div>\n
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Twitch sold for $1B<\/span>
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\"\"<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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9\/3\/14, 3:06 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
Twitch\u00a0m.theatlantic.com\/technology\/arc\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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