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01 Sep 2017
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The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

a link on the right offers Team SoloMid gear. A constant stream of fan comments races alongside the game, and on archived videos, flashy Budweiser ads periodically interrupt the action. Each month, Twitch says, more than 100 million... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

January 2020
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Ninja: Which Platform Wins Esports' Biggest Star?

By: Anita Elberse and Michal T. Leszczynski

It is July 2019, and the business of esports and gaming is booming. Tyler Blevins—better known as Ninja—has risen to stardom playing the immensely popular shooter game Fortnite. He has become the most followed streamer in the world and, helped by his management company... View Details

Keywords: Esports; Platforms; Superstar; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Internet and the Web; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Digital Platforms; Video Game Industry; Technology Industry

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23 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness

Americans are lonelier than ever—a problem the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated. Could interactions on platforms like Zoom and Twitch come close to replicating the real-life contact people crave? New research suggests that’s more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Austin Dirks

My gaze fixed upon the exposed beating heart. There was an infant lying in front of me. Its heart rate 150 beats per minute. The monitor next to me beeping faintly with each twitch of the revealed organ. The skin, the muscle, the ribs,... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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Outtakes with Russ Wilcox

as well as customer service.” What’s on his Kindle: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell; the Boston Globe; the Wall Street Journal. Why we’re in trouble: “With BlackBerries and instant messaging (IM), we live in a twitch society. People are... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Marc Ricks

I will work long hours, endure stress, and use PowerPoint... lots of PowerPoint. I'll put up with that and more if I can have impact. I'll choose the bloodshot eyes and caffeine twitch that come from sleep deprivation if my efforts create... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

Putting the Game Within Reach

looks just like a video game screen. Votes are tabulated and then relayed through an offensive coordinator. “What Twitch offers is a level of interactivity in the stream that doesn’t really exist anywhere else,” Rottenberg says. “You can... View Details

06 Oct 2016
News

Drone Racing League Signs ESPN Deal

like, ‘Should we do it? Will anyone really like this?’ We thought it was cool. We released the Miami episode with YouTube, Twitch and EpicTV in Europe. We got an overwhelming positive response. Can this be done? Should this be done? Now,... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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From the Editors

twitch in a series of transactions by corporations and the public that can be qualified only as speculation. Men talk of squeezing the water out of securities but seem never to conceive of getting rid of the wind in their own prosperity... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2017
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Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

you’re turned loose on the world—and rightfully so.” In our time: “I’m afraid we’re losing our ability to talk to each other. People don’t seem to know how to disagree without being disagreeable.” Sweaty palms test: “You know you’re still learning in a job if you start... View Details

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Is That Really Your Best Offer?

hints of emotion leak out in facial movements—a momentary blush or twitch that might be caught in a couple frames of film but would escape the notice of most untrained observers. Evidence suggests that micro-expressions are there to be... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

was part of investments in Auth0, Defense.Net (acquired by F5 Networks), Rocket Lab, Spire, Tile, Twitch (acquired by Amazon), and Zapier. He was previously founder/CEO of VC-backed online dating startup Triangulate. He has also worked at... View Details

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