We ALMOST started "TikTok" instead of Twitch?! | Storytime with Justin Kan

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @ASXInvestor
    @ASXInvestor 3 года назад +25

    Would not be surprised to see this channel hit 1 million subs this year - incredible insights & a look into the technology world 👏

    • @piotralex5
      @piotralex5 3 года назад

      I’m here at 85K, commenting to feel special when it hits 1M

  • @SoyanOsman
    @SoyanOsman 3 года назад +17

    I think I just found my fav. new channel on RUclips. I just started streaming on twitch and it just blew my mind. I never expected it to be that much fun, but something clicked when I tried it for the first time. Apart from that the videos on here are gold as well, can't wait for the next one!

  • @akhandpratap__
    @akhandpratap__ 3 года назад

    Thnx for sharing this story Justin, nobody can expect so successful company's founders to accept the mistakes of not talking to customers in the first place. This video is a reminder for me not to underestimate niche as it was gaming for your case.

  • @GregoryGuerrier
    @GregoryGuerrier 3 года назад

    Thank God you guys decided to stick to Twitch and a super huge thanks because of all the joy it brings to both consumers and creators. You guys nailed it, incredible platform! 🙌🏾

  • @hakimrie
    @hakimrie 3 года назад +4

    Key Lessons:
    1. Talk to your customers
    2. Working on multiple things at once can be distracting
    3. Something that can seems small can grow into a big idea

  • @studentoftheword8740
    @studentoftheword8740 3 года назад +1

    I believe this channel will become popular, soon. RUclipsrs are piling up in the comment section. Keep up the vibe sir Justin Kan. You are such an encouragement to many of us who are below ordinary people.

  • @erikthefirst6100
    @erikthefirst6100 3 года назад +21

    Currently started listening to your podcast „The Quest “, glad to see the content on here is just as interesting!

  • @ShaferHart
    @ShaferHart 3 года назад

    _#1 talk to your customers._
    Legend.

  • @omgitsfishstix
    @omgitsfishstix 3 года назад +4

    Thanks for the shoutout Justin! Those early days at Twitch were some of the most exciting of my life, no question.
    Loving all the videos, keep 'em coming!

    • @smokinamby
      @smokinamby 3 года назад +1

      Y'all are some REAL pioneers, bro.

  • @ferngusontrafford5685
    @ferngusontrafford5685 3 года назад

    Your channel is a blessing in my life right now to find encouragement, inspiration, and motivation. I was self-employed in a business that I didn't like and maybe because my heart was never in it, I didn't do well in it after nearly 13 years. The pandemic killed the business and forced me to move on, which is something I probably should have done a long time ago. I went back to finish grad school during the lockdown and I'm nearly done with it. Meanwhile, I'm also currently using that time to look around and see what my next move should be. As always, Thank you so much for sharing. you didn't really have to this.

  • @barbarosozturk
    @barbarosozturk 3 года назад

    It's awesome to see a natural storyteller creating a platform for others to share their stories in real-time.
    Thanks for another great story, Justin.

  • @MrPinyworld
    @MrPinyworld 3 года назад +1

    Love your authenticity, thanks for sharing your story Justin!

  • @Sthefano103
    @Sthefano103 3 года назад

    youre a legend dude! love your videos, hate your intro song, liked your outro song though. Looking forward to more stories!!

  • @CarPimp1987
    @CarPimp1987 3 года назад

    Thank you had a good time on Twitch over last 3 years play 500 to 700 games a year would do more but still got a job. Thanks 4 the many people i have got to know so far.

  • @neanda
    @neanda 3 года назад +2

    1:33 - "if something isn't growing on the internet, it's a very bad sign, because... the internet is growing"
    wickedly true, this should be a gif, can u make it so (add the final words), probably sell the NFT is these days
    This is very good channel, I love the way it's presented, great content

  • @cal616
    @cal616 3 года назад

    Amazing video filled with real story, great insights&experiences!

  • @KeepOnCoding
    @KeepOnCoding 3 года назад +6

    So glad this channel got recommended to me!

  • @jiahuacui7669
    @jiahuacui7669 3 года назад +5

    About tiktok tho, the founder of tiktok greatly attributes the success of tiktok to the timing of when it was created and he said that's also why the other short-video platforms failed because the market was just not ready so I guess you really made the right choice.

    • @alwaysskilledarchives
      @alwaysskilledarchives 3 года назад

      If vine was never shutdown, tiktok would not be where it is.

    • @jiahuacui7669
      @jiahuacui7669 3 года назад

      @@alwaysskilledarchives nah vine failed is exactly because it's too early for the game

    • @alwaysskilledarchives
      @alwaysskilledarchives 3 года назад

      @@jiahuacui7669 "On October 27, 2016, Vine announced that Twitter would be discontinuing the Vine mobile app. ... Vine executives and co founders were supposedly against monetization and did not take money from many brands, which is said to have led to Twitter's discontinuation of the service."

    • @jiahuacui7669
      @jiahuacui7669 3 года назад

      @@alwaysskilledarchives then vine failed was because of the bad management and poor vision of the company. But I'm sure if the product was good and with a lot of potentials, twitter would not have been stupid enough to discontinue it.

  • @gotmagzz
    @gotmagzz 3 года назад

    Thanks for sharing your wisdom. You are an inspiration to people who wants to start up

  • @joachimquintus
    @joachimquintus 3 года назад

    Am going to watch these because wow, Getting perspective from someone who has been through the rollercoaster of inventing, growing, succeeding, selling, repeat - so much understanding, so much perspective, 🙏 keep uploading sir.

  • @mkfremkglmfekwgnkr1727
    @mkfremkglmfekwgnkr1727 3 года назад

    first saw you on tiktok , and I could listen to you for days.
    Keep em coming dude, much love from Ireland

  • @kimjoe2943
    @kimjoe2943 3 года назад

    I dont know I ended up to your channel but i'm really greateful. Love your energy and authenticity. Also your key point on another video really boosted my confidence and makes me want to try ( don't bother thinking about doing it, just do it even if it's bad) I wish they could teach us this in class instead of pushing us toward perfection in academics

  • @TallulahGlossy
    @TallulahGlossy 3 года назад

    Lots of great tips! Thanks Justin.

  • @KevinOus
    @KevinOus 3 года назад +8

    Justin Senpai ever going to stream on twitch?

  • @fahim_al_mahmud
    @fahim_al_mahmud 3 года назад

    Thanks RUclips algorithm for recommending me this channel... Since I'm working and facing many similar things, it's so good to hear tips from someone who tried it all. Thanks for such amazing contents Justine.Tv :D

  • @BrendaLeguisamo
    @BrendaLeguisamo 3 года назад

    Thank you for sharing startup insider information from your own experience, Justin! This information will help so many other entrepreneurs! By the way, one of my biggest takeaways in this video is that it is ok to pivot.

  • @daredariuz
    @daredariuz 3 года назад

    I'm really learning a lot from you , great videos, and very entertaining as well!

  • @rickharold7884
    @rickharold7884 3 года назад

    Great Love it. And yes customer input key.

  • @kalloszsolty
    @kalloszsolty 3 года назад

    How the hell does this video has just 20k views. Hidden gold. Came across it randomly, definitely staying for more. Your road inspires me in many ways cause I'm walking a similar path. Been prototyping apps, websites, games for the last 9 years with various successes but so far nothing hit the "I quit my job" threshold. Watching you talking about things you tried and failed makes me really inspired, and I'm sure many of us can tell the same. Happy to be here at the early stages and honestly I'm making the comment longer with the hope that you can still read it cause o boiii this channel will soon take off 🚀🚀🚀 Keep it up Justin 🕺

  • @william_8844
    @william_8844 3 года назад +1

    I remember social cam huuuh ok.
    Justin videos are invaluable

  • @donmachon5424
    @donmachon5424 3 года назад

    all the stories are so good! i hope there is more to come

  • @OxytocinUN
    @OxytocinUN 3 года назад +8

    Justin Ive been following your stories closely and a key quote you made during this was 'if something isn't growing on the internet its a bad sign......'. Im surrounding myself with tools to enable me to improve my own content for my videos but growth is slower than i'd hoped for. How do you go about breaking out? I believe I provide very high quality, well-edited & natural. Anyways thanks again for the quality stuff. So inspirational

    • @kylerodgers3608
      @kylerodgers3608 3 года назад

      Improve your thumbnails

    • @OxytocinUN
      @OxytocinUN 3 года назад

      @@kylerodgers3608 appreciate the feedback. What do you reckon I do differently

    • @kylerodgers3608
      @kylerodgers3608 3 года назад

      @@OxytocinUN from a short scan you seem like a vlog type channel. Look at popular vlog channels and then their most popular vid - what’s their thumbnail look like. Also, vlogs are hard to get noticed for now adays unless you’re doing crazy interesting stuff, so I recommend getting more central in terms of the theme of your channel so it’s clearer what you’re about.

    • @OxytocinUN
      @OxytocinUN 3 года назад

      @@kylerodgers3608 that’s great feedback. It’s very travel based as I came to Paris from New Zealand over the past 3 months. I will add a banner so it creates a more clear theme. Also I have a playlist that shows it’s travel vlog based.

    • @KevinOus
      @KevinOus 3 года назад

      Haha thats what i thought at first too dude
      I analyzed thousands of videos and think i know how to get seen on RUclips

  • @PeacfulContactNetwork
    @PeacfulContactNetwork 3 года назад

    Wow Justin, your channel popped up for me at exactly the right time, I’m trying to get an idea off the ground. You’ve given me some good insight. I believe, I have something that could change the world for the better. Something for the people by the people. I need to find out how to gather a team. A technical team to help build that dream. that is the challenge. Have you made a video or podcast about getting a project started? Maybe you can link it for me. Thanks so much for your insight so far.👏🏽

  • @juanliem574
    @juanliem574 3 года назад

    Great content. Love the channel.
    Justin, I wonder how important having cofounders or partners is to succeed in startups. It sounds like a must? Can’t wait to hear more of your story.

  • @TheLastCodebender
    @TheLastCodebender 3 года назад +2

    Did Vine exist at the time?
    I think they started roughly in that time period too, in 2013.

  • @WesleyNeedles
    @WesleyNeedles 3 года назад +1

    Justin, where were your parents from? China? Hong Kong? Taiwan? Can’t seem to find any info online other than “Chinese American”

  • @testvb6417
    @testvb6417 3 года назад +1

    man i love you, your the best !!

  • @ahmedali-kd1ez
    @ahmedali-kd1ez 3 года назад

    Love your channel mate!! Any tips for a young 21 year old who wants to have his own business in future? Hope you can answer my question. Have a nice one!!!

  • @theillestinmanila
    @theillestinmanila 3 года назад +1

    I worked for Kyle as a driver for Cruise. That’s crazy man! you guys are the Twitch Mafia lol

  • @siansroadtonirvana
    @siansroadtonirvana Год назад

    Great video Justin! ❤

  • @pregnantowl
    @pregnantowl 3 года назад

    Great content, would love even more details from inside of a startup, maybe some comments on other entertainment platforms. Also thanks for the lessons at the end, nice perspective and summ up.
    In case of talking to customers, you should have streamed the “inside of company”, or maybe some ideas from meetings with live feedback 😅

  • @Weensy
    @Weensy 3 года назад

    when i saw this i actually thought this cant be interesting, but i watched 4 videos now and your stories are great, justin!

  • @fartsay
    @fartsay 3 года назад

    Justin, this is a really interesting channel because you are telling stories of one of the most successful internet companies, :). I gave you a thumbs up :). And, I subbed too.

  • @nicetrymate813
    @nicetrymate813 3 года назад +2

    Justin Kan is badass. I’m drinking a beer now. Life’s good.

  • @petecraftmc
    @petecraftmc 3 года назад

    How much did you get personally from the 970M acquisition?

  • @TheYaBoyKevin
    @TheYaBoyKevin 3 года назад

    Love these stories. How do you find people to become your co-founder?

  • @XShollaj
    @XShollaj 3 года назад

    Appreciate you sharing your knowledge! Great insights

  • @grifinx
    @grifinx 3 года назад

    So weird story in my art school undergrad we looked at Justin TV in a new media history class which inspired me to do computational art now doing an MFA in that doing art in c++ , Java and JS.

  • @FPFPV
    @FPFPV 3 года назад +2

    In retrospect, streaming games just makes so much sense. For me as a kid, watching my siblings play video games was my favorite thing to do. I enjoyed it more than playing myself and often still do.
    Glad you were able to figure out how to turn that into the success that Twitch is today! GG

  • @JoseMartinezNU
    @JoseMartinezNU 3 года назад

    Great stuff! Thanks for giving us your thoughts

  • @MuhammadMamooji
    @MuhammadMamooji 3 года назад

    Love the content bro, you're so well spoken!

  • @kylerodgers3608
    @kylerodgers3608 3 года назад +1

    You have a very cool style in editing, thumbnails, etc. I recommend you upgrade your shooting room to match that theme.

  • @nicklamela2294
    @nicklamela2294 3 года назад +3

    living legend

  • @hyoshawn3700
    @hyoshawn3700 3 года назад

    Hey Justin, what is your experience on investing in smaller start up businesses? And would you ever invest in a taiyaki business I'm developing in Dallas TX?

  • @christophersweby8940
    @christophersweby8940 3 года назад

    Hi Justin, just discovered your channel, I’m spending a lot of time thinking about an idea but can never seem to think of anything, so I am wondering how you came up with Justin TV?

  • @lukemartin9702
    @lukemartin9702 3 года назад

    Can you make some videos on how you go about funding? Great video though! Super insightful.

  • @StartupSpells
    @StartupSpells 3 года назад

    Loved it Justin. Would appreciate if you can add chapters to your videos so it's easier to jump!

  • @glipk
    @glipk 3 года назад

    I love this channel so much

  • @Exanimis11
    @Exanimis11 3 года назад

    Come on Justin, get that algorithm going. We need more mega millionaire content. Thank you for telling the cool stories.

  • @HonestTraveller
    @HonestTraveller 3 года назад

    Justin.Tv was so good man I loved watching the streams. But fair play on selling to make twitch. Twitch is amazing

  • @140aj
    @140aj 3 года назад

    Yo Justin you gave me a billion dollar idea. Thank you 🙏🏿.

  • @abdellatifgzem3223
    @abdellatifgzem3223 3 года назад

    A lot to learn in this video Thank you

  • @carlosmanoba
    @carlosmanoba 3 года назад

    Sir Justin do you edit your own video or you have editor?

  • @Sambathfilm
    @Sambathfilm 3 года назад

    Love this advice so much.

  • @9pandas
    @9pandas 3 года назад

    Great insights!

  • @theconsciousbizdadproject3458
    @theconsciousbizdadproject3458 3 года назад

    Love the thought about it not being a good thing if you're not growing on the Internet bc the Internet is constantly growing. You had mentioned mentors. Did you have the same mentors from the beginning or did they evolve as you evolved? What are your thoughts about mentors and advisory support in general? Thank you - Tuan

  • @elijahclaude3413
    @elijahclaude3413 3 года назад

    I wonder how Michael feels/felt about being stuck with Social am even as Twitch was taking off 😂
    I've heard him talk and he doesn't seem salty, but man that's a big double whammy right there.

  • @internetajay
    @internetajay 3 года назад

    love u bro

  • @jmorales419
    @jmorales419 3 года назад

    Hello I found your channel yesterday and it's already been Koala Approved

  • @itspantic8068
    @itspantic8068 3 года назад

    Wow amazing content !

  • @abirabbas89
    @abirabbas89 3 года назад

    Honestly I think theres still opportunity to compete with TikTok, theres a lot of laws and regulations working against TikTok that a company based in the US could take significant advantage of and the market share is significant enough to have multiple players in the industry.

  • @aryamanchoudhary2779
    @aryamanchoudhary2779 3 года назад

    Hey Justin love the vids but you really gotta upload video versions of the Quest podcast it's 10x more enjoyable when you can see people speaking as well

  • @JamesJansson
    @JamesJansson 3 года назад

    Alternate take: working on two things at once does split focus and give a sense of security which can have bad implications. That said, you may have also retained talent that weren't as motivated by pure risk as the founders. Likewise, if you had a vote to keep one and kill the other, maybe there was a 30% chance you chose social cam and you'd be gone now.

    • @krimo10
      @krimo10 3 года назад

      Socialcam did sell for 60M lol not too shabby

  • @dunkmetal3264
    @dunkmetal3264 3 года назад

    Co founder coming in Yourtube to share their experience ?? What a lovely time to be on internet.

  • @TRXST.ISSUES
    @TRXST.ISSUES 3 года назад +1

    This was gooooooold (Goldmember voice)

  • @divineer627
    @divineer627 3 года назад

    They should be a movie about you guys 💯

  • @sjilani5727
    @sjilani5727 3 года назад

    Hey Justin. I'll be in Mountainview in a few weeks working at el camino hospital. Can we meet up? I'll take you to this bomb Chinese food. How do we connect?

  • @ButterAssualt
    @ButterAssualt 3 года назад

    love the intro!

  • @davina4097
    @davina4097 3 года назад

    Pure gold

  • @PaanoTheTagalogHowToChannel
    @PaanoTheTagalogHowToChannel 3 года назад

    You look even younger now than back then!

  • @ricex18
    @ricex18 3 года назад

    wow this is a great video.

  • @thomaaas_8487
    @thomaaas_8487 3 года назад

    How did you manage to get and keep streamers on twitch? I mean, nit every streamer who streams for the first time, isn‘t a partner.

  • @jdiegogomez3661
    @jdiegogomez3661 3 года назад

    You are incredible

  • @MapleTalkative2
    @MapleTalkative2 3 года назад

    HOUSE TOUR!

  • @rsjrx
    @rsjrx 3 года назад

    Do a video on twitch competitors and how y’all managed to win. There was livestream and a few other companies if I recall correctly

  • @pbandwhey
    @pbandwhey 3 года назад

    The last minute renaming from Xarth to Twitch saved the future of the app

  • @imrin4059
    @imrin4059 3 года назад

    Do u create twitch?

  • @justmax14
    @justmax14 3 года назад

    Nice video !

  • @tahmidkarim8695
    @tahmidkarim8695 3 года назад

    respect !

  • @stealthoverflow
    @stealthoverflow 3 года назад

    Gold content

  • @ibracs
    @ibracs 3 года назад +3

    When you sold the company you obviously got your % of the $970 MM. and from that % did you have to pay taxes for it ?

  • @giuseppevinchesi2241
    @giuseppevinchesi2241 3 года назад

    Always with the great stories! Sent you an email man!

  • @FamiliarvibesVs
    @FamiliarvibesVs 3 года назад

    I’d love to collaborate on a project what’s the best way to get in contact?

  • @iOSDeepDive
    @iOSDeepDive 3 года назад

    Will you be doing a video on Atrium? What would the 22-year-old Justin have said to present-Justin to dissuade him from starting Atrium?

  • @pjcollazo8318
    @pjcollazo8318 3 года назад

    The OG of IRL

  • @SuboptimalEng
    @SuboptimalEng 3 года назад +1

    *Builds a $60M video sharing mobile app*
    Justin: It's not much, but it's honest work
    Me: 👁👄👁

  • @zipekci
    @zipekci 3 года назад

    Hey Justin. Don't you have any stories other than Twitch to tell?

  • @kevinkang4427
    @kevinkang4427 3 года назад

    Intro bit loud, but valuable video as always!

  • @tobz4403
    @tobz4403 3 года назад

    How did you get twitch popular

  • @Crytt
    @Crytt 3 года назад

    Please turn down the volume on your intro my dude. Otherwise great content as always!