Lenny's Podcast · Jul 7Pattern Breakers: How to find a breakthrough startup idea | Mike Maples, Jr. (Partner at Floodgate)Sold to Amazon for $970 million and returned about 85 times Mike's money, a windfall he had forgotten about. It rode user-generated content, internet celebrity, broadband and better CDNs.
Lenny's Podcast · Apr 28Twitter’s ex-Head of Product on Elon, consumer products, culture, more | Kayvon BeykpourKayvon cites it as a vertical live product whose properties make it durable on its own.TipsSurround a live video feature with asynchronous ways to stay connected▶ 1:02:42Periscope was live-only and failed, while Instagram and TikTok succeeded with live layered onto asynchronous products.
Acquired · Sep 5Amazon Web ServicesBegan as Justin.tv, which entered the 2007 AWS startup challenge and was later bought by Amazon.