33 Quotes by Emmett Shear

If you just talk to who's easy to talk to, you're not really getting the best data.

This is true for most new products. The majority of people you're competing with are non-users. They are people who have never used your service before. And what they say is actually the most important. What they say is the thing that blocks you from expanding the size of your market with your features.

It's one of the most validating things you can do for a product is go out there and get them to commit to pay you up front.

You want to learn about what's already in their heads. You want to avoid putting things there.

Most startups are not just built for the person who is using them. When you do that, every now and then you get really lucky and... are representative of some huge class of people who all want the same thing you do... but very often that just turns into a side project that doesn't go anywhere.

Given the huge number Xbox owners and how many of them love gaming spectatorship, it's a natural fit to bring the Twitch experience to the 360.