People don't like silence, so they'll keep talking to fill the void.

The question is, once you have this idea, is this enough? Is it something people would actually switch just to have?

You want to learn about what's already in their heads. You want to avoid putting things there.

The most common mistakes are showing people your product- don't show them your product, it's sort of like telling them bout a feature.

Most startups are not just built for the person who is using them. When you do that, every now and then you get really lucky and... are representative of some huge class of people who all want the same thing you do... but very often that just turns into a side project that doesn't go anywhere.

The Twitch community loves watching video games, chatting, and broadcasting. The average viewer watches over an hour and a half of video each day. Over two-thirds of our logged-in users chat each day.

This is true for most new products. The majority of people you're competing with are non-users. They are people who have never used your service before. And what they say is actually the most important. What they say is the thing that blocks you from expanding the size of your market with your features.