With YouTube, Grad Student Hits Jackpot Again – New York Times
Armed with a video camera, Mr. Karim documented much of YouTube’s early life, including the meetings when the three discussed financing strategies and the brainstorming sessions in Mr. Hurley’s garage, where the company was hatched.
In his studio apartment in a residence hall for graduate students, he showed one of them, which he said was filmed in April 2005. In it, Mr. Chen talked about “getting pretty depressed” because there were only 50 or 60 videos on the YouTube site. Also, he said, “there’s not that many videos I’d want to watch.” The camera then turns to Mr. Hurley, who grins and says “Videos like these,” referring to the one Mr. Karim is filming.
This anecdote regarding YouTube co-founder Mr. Chen is hilarious. You gotta believe!!!
This story regarding the third co-founder of YouTube shows why Silicon Valley is what it it is. You bring bright people together from around the world, and interesting things start happening.