Chad Hurley Tells All: How They Built YouTube

Found|Read Om Malik | Saturday, June 28, 2008 | 5:50 AM PT | 2 comments

Liz Gannes who edits our NewTeeVee site skipped the company dinner to attend an event where Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube was going to reveal the entire story of YouTube. She caught the entire event on tape, and has the full report, a must see NTV for anyone who loves start-ups.

* If you can show growth such as a traffic hockey stick, your don’t need a PowerPoint to raise VC money.
* However hard you may try, it is hard to predict the future and your future infrastructure needs.
* Know who to sell and most importantly when to fold your hand.

If you wanted to read the story of less known YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, click here. Watch Liz’s video.

2 comments so far

June 28th, 2008
5:26 PM PT
EP said:

One word: pioneers.

July 4th, 2008
7:59 AM PT
yeah said:

I think Chad left out an important fact, he married Jim Clark’s daughter. Think maybe, just maybe that had something to do with their success.

flash streaming and progressive downloading suck and it will be interesting to see how they turn a profit…

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