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Kayvon Beykpour

Co-Founder & CEO, Periscope App

#29595@kayvzperiscope.tv

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Joined on July 17th, 2014

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@joao_oliveira We're all sleep deprived, but @pandemona was the only one who had the courage to broadcast and share the news live. Mad respect.

on Periscope Profiles on Web

5yr ago

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Good morning all! @couch, @icofyre and @verohecko worked super hard on this, and I'm sure they'd be happy to answer any questions! We're really excited about this launch as a foundation for lots that we want to do with Profiles on the web. This is just the beginning!

on Periscope Profiles on Web

5yr ago

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@eriktorenberg Thanks Erik! Few things we learned, in no particular order: 1) Mechanics/memes that help users feel more comfortable with the idea of live-broadcasting are really powerful. We scratched our heads in fascination wondering why the "#Fridge" meme caught on so quickly in Periscope. Our best theory is that showing your fridge (or asking somebody to show theirs) was just an easy ice-breaker (no pun intended) on a new medium. Users who didn't really know what to do/show as they were playing with the app for the first time had an easy outlet. As silly as the meme was, it actually turned into a great way for folks to experiment with the different tenets of the app (interactivity through viewers asking questions and broadcasts responding, for example). The other mechanic that proved really useful was "Hearts", since they serve as a great feedback mechanism ("Are people liking what I'm showing?") that makes people a bit more comfortable sharing in such a raw/personal medium. 2) We were blown away by the geographic diversity of users and content on Periscope. We’ve seen usage from every country in the world (with the exception of Yemen, I believe) in a very short period of time. 3) One of things we’ve had to balance is juggling long-term priorities/objectives with smaller/less-grandoise (but nevertheless important) needs. By the latter I mean, improvements to existing features, bug fixes, user feedback, etc. And by the former I mean: the big, exciting leaps that we’ve been thinking about for a long time that take longer to implement. Balancing these is always difficult as part of any product development process for any company. It's been fun learning how to address that balance at a scale that is new and exciting for us. 4) The creativity of our community and users has been stunning. We were always excited by the prospect of sharing a tool with the world to see how folks would use it. But it’s been really heartwarming seeing communities of different folks pop up and use Periscope in ways we hadn’t conceived of while we were building it. This has been one of the most motivating aspects of the last ~7 weeks.

on Periscope on Android

5yr ago