YC Lecture 16 - How to Run a User Interview(Emmett Shear)
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Emmett Shear, CEO of Twitch, talked about the importance of talking to users in building successful startups. He shared his experiences from his previous startups and how they learned the hard way about the importance of user interviews. He emphasized the need to talk to the right users and how that determined the success of Twitch.
Highlights
- 🔑 Importance of talking to users in building successful startups
- 📈 Twitch’s success was determined by talking to the right users (broadcasters)
- 🚀 Emmett’s experience with previous startups taught him the hard way about the importance of user interviews
- 💡 No recipe for identifying the target user, it comes down to using your judgement
- 🌟 Interactive exercise where participants had to think about who they would talk to for a lecture-focused note-taking app
