The Twitch and Amazon bureaucracy create challenges for performance marketing due to approval requirements for Facebook pixels and slow processes for legal review.
Twitch and Netflix both faced rising content costs as their platforms grew, but Netflix's solution of creating original content helped them control costs and drive viewership.
Enron was named America's most innovative company for six years in a row, but their many investments and schemes did not always pan out financially, despite being ahead of their time in certain ventures such as broadband and video on demand in the early 2000s.
Twitch paid Jim, the creator of OBS, several thousand dollars a month to maintain the software, rather than utilizing a team of engineers to rebuild it. Despite his unassuming appearance, Jim's contributions to open source software are impressive.
The growth of Jungle Scout on Amazon would cause QA script breaks, which then led them to be a hidden helper for VC deal flow, in three to four industries that are beneficial to fast-moving individuals during economic recessions.