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Noah Kagan Presents

Lessons from Twitch Founder - Justin Kan

Noah Kagan Presents

Noah Kagan

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Justin Kan is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and Twitch. And Twitch was sold for almost a billion dollars.

This is a super fascinating episode. So if you're interested in how Twitch sold for a billion plus having a good conversation today, you're gonna like this episode.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

It's like everybody has these scars that they're carrying around from when they're younger.

0:04.1

I really want, I care what people think, I really want them to like me, I really want attention.

0:08.6

I'm trying to like fill that hole by like, oh, if I just, you know, we sold Twitched for a billion dollars,

0:12.4

or I am like to have this like really

0:14.9

great tweet, or I like go on stage at a conference, or I, you know, make a YouTube

0:20.2

be on viral on the internet or in or I get mentioned in New York Times or

0:23.1

whatever and all these things I'm like expecting something to change where I look at

0:25.8

but that's the thing that's going to heal this scar. You're shoveling dirt

0:29.5

into this hole that goes all the way through the earth right and like falls out the other side is like no end to it you can't fill it

0:37.6

What is up you sexy bastards? It is your boy pop a shot aka a rabbit can't lose aka no a kegan in today's chat. I talk with Justin con who helps start Justin. TV and

0:46.4

Twitch which sold for almost a billion dollars. I give him some shit about that.

0:49.9

Anyway this is a super fascinating episode we talk a lot about and death, and then we also go into some crazy stories about how

0:55.6

Twitch sold for a billion, is Clubhouse the next big social media app, and the whole GameStop thing that everyone's been talking about.

1:01.3

So if you're interested in those things

1:02.5

plus having a good conversation today you're going to like this episode. If you're

1:05.6

interested in learning more about Justin, make sure you go check out his YouTube channel search

1:08.7

Justin Khan on YouTube. Before we dive into the show, make sure you're

1:12.2

subscribe to my YouTube channel. That's YouTube. Before we dive into the show, make sure you're subscribed to my YouTube channel.

1:13.4

That's YouTube.

1:14.4

Okay, dork.

1:15.4

We're going to be giving away a company.

1:17.4

Seriously, so go subscribe so you find out about it.

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