Emmett Shear: Life After Twitch, Jeff Bezos Lessons & AI Doomsday Odds
Episode 494: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks with ex-CEO & co-founder of Twitch, Emmett Shear (https://twitter.com/eshear), about the potential of artificial intelligence, the importance of learning from the best, and the value of understanding the needs of users. He also shares insights on problem-solving, the power of seemingly small ideas that can have a huge impact and lessons he’s directly learned from Silicon Valley greats like Paul Graham and Andy Jassey.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:30) Did you always have an insatiable curiosity?
(8:30) How to solve any problem
(13:23) The importance of understanding your customers / users needs
(22:15) Emmett’s favorite business ideas right now
(41:00) Is AI going to kill us all?
(56:50) Was Twitch luck or skill? Will Emmett try to build another unicorn?
(59:00) Lessons from Paul Graham
(1:09:00) What’s the difference between people who are good vs. great?
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Links:
• Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv
• Paul Graham - https://twitter.com/paulg
• Patrick Collison - https://twitter.com/patrickc
• Andy Jassey - https://twitter.com/ajassy
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