Dalton: When we were pivoting from Justin TV and Twitch, Emmet, sheer and Kevin Lynn took this to heart. They basically just started interviewing video games streamers and asking what they wanted. And the funniest thing is that at this point we had built every feature, a live video social media site could have. The first thing people said was, Can I stream in higher quality? That's like, you don't want some big, we'll build you anything.
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on the importance of talking to your users, why successful founders are ok with rejection from potential customers, and how protecting your ego by not talking to your users can kill your startup.
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