Kungani abasunguli be-YouTube baqala ngemali?
Context:I-YouTube yasungulwa uSteve Chen, uChad Hurley, noJawed Karim. Laba bobathathu babengabasebenzi bokuqala be-PayPal, eyabashiya bacebile ngemva kokuba inkampani ithengwe yi-eBay. UHurley wayefunde umklamo e-Indiana University of Pennsylvania, kanti uChen noKarim bafunda isayensi yamakhompyutha ndawonye e-University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  Ngokusho kwendaba eye yaphindaphindwa kaningi kwabezindaba, uHurley noChen basungula umqondo we-YouTube phakathi nezinyanga zokuqala zika-2005, ngemuva kokuthi bebhekane nobunzima bokwabelana ngamavidiyo ayedutshulwe edilini lokudlela efulethini likaChen eSan Francisco. UKarim akazange abe khona ephathini futhi waphika ukuthi kwenzeke, kodwa uChen waphawula ukuthi umqondo wokuthi i-YouTube yasungulwa ngemuva kwephathi yokudla kwakusihlwa "mhlawumbe waqiniswa kakhulu yimibono yokumaketha ezungeze ukudala indaba eyayingabambeka kakhulu".  UKarim uthe ugqozi lwe-YouTube lwaqala kusukela ku-Super Bowl XXXVIII impikiswano yesikhathi sokuphumula, lapho isifuba sikaJanet Jackson sivezwa kafushane nguJustin Timberlake ngesikhathi sokuphumula. UKarim wayengakwazi ukuthola kalula ama-video alokhu kuhlasela kanye ne-Tsunami yase-Indian Ocean ngo-2004 ku-intanethi, okwaholela emcabangweni wesayithi lokwabelana ngamavidiyo. UHurley noChen bathi umqondo wokuqala we-YouTube kwakuyi-video version yensizakalo yokuqomisana online futhi yayithonywe yiwebhusayithi ethi Hot or Not. Bakha okuthunyelwe ku-Craigslist becela abesifazane abakhangayo ukuba balayishe ama-video abo ku-YouTube ukuze bathole umklomelo ongu-$100. Ubunzima bokuthola amavidiyo okwanele okuqomisana kwaholela ekushintsheni kwezinhlelo, abasunguli besayithi banquma ukwamukela ukulayishwa kwanoma iyiphi ividiyo.   Ilogo ye-YouTube esetshenziswe kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo kuze kube ngu-2007; yabuya ngo-2008 ngaphambi kokuba isuswe futhi ngo-2010. Enye inguqulo yalesi logo ngaphandle kwesiqubulo esithi "Broadcast Yourself" yasetshenziswa kwaze kwaba ngu-2011. I-YouTube yaqala njenge-startup yezobuchwepheshe exhaswa ngemali. Phakathi kukaNovemba 2005 no-Ephreli 2006, inkampani yaqoqa imali kubatshalizimali abahlukahlukene, neSequoia Capital, $ 11.5 million, kanye ne-Artis Capital Management, $ 8 million, okuyizinto ezimbili ezinkulu kakhulu. Indlunkulu yokuqala ye-YouTube yayiphezu kwe-pizzeria nendawo yokudlela yaseJapane eSan Mateo, eCalifornia. NgoFebhuwari 2005, inkampani yasebenzisa i-www.youtube.com. Ividiyo yokuqala yathunyelwa ngo-April 23, 2005. Isihloko esithi Mina e-zoo, sibonisa umsunguli uJawed Karim e-San Diego Zoo futhi usengabukwa kusayithi. NgoMeyi, inkampani yethule i-beta yomphakathi futhi ngoNovemba, isikhangiso seNike esibonisa uRonaldinho saba ividiyo yokuqala ukufinyelela ukubukwa okuphelele kwesigidi. Le sayithi yethulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-December 15, 2005, ngaleso sikhathi isayithi lalithola ukubukwa kwezigidi ezingu-8 ngosuku. Ngalesosikhathi ama-video ayelinganiselwa kuma-megabyte angu-100, okuyisilinganiso semizuzwana engu-30.  I-YouTube kwakungeyona indawo yokuqala yokwabelana ngamavidiyo ku-Intanethi; iVimeo yethulwa ngoNovemba 2004, yize leyo sayithi yahlala iphrojekthi eseceleni yabathuthukisi bayo abavela eCollegeHumor ngaleso sikhathi futhi ayizange ikhule kakhulu. Ngesonto i-YouTube eyethulwa ngalo, i-Saturday Night Live ye-NBC-Universal yasakaza ihlaya elithi "Lazy Sunday" le-The Lonely Island. Ngaphandle kokusiza ukukhulisa izilinganiso nokubukwa kwesikhathi eside kwe-Saturday Night Live, isimo se- "Lazy Sunday" njengevidiyo yokuqala yegciwane sisize ukusungula i-YouTube njengengosi ebalulekile. Ukulayishwa okungekho emthethweni kwe-sketch ku-YouTube kudonse ukubukwa okuhlangene okungaphezu kwezigidi ezinhlanu ngoFebhuwari 2006 ngaphambi kokuthi kususwe lapho i-NBCUniversal icela izinyanga ezimbili kamuva ngenxa yokukhathazeka nge-copyright. Naphezu kokususwa kwayo ekugcineni, lokhu kulayishwa okuphindaphindiwe kwesiketi kwasiza ekwandiseni ukufinyelela kwe-YouTube futhi kwaholela ekulayisheni okuqukethwe okuningi okuvela kubantu besithathu. Le sayithi yakhula ngokushesha; ngo-July 2006, le nkampani yamemezela ukuthi kwakulayishwa ama-video amasha angaphezu kuka-65 000 nsuku zonke nokuthi isayithi lalithola ukubukwa kwama-video ayizigidi eziyikhulu ngosuku.  Ukukhethwa kwegama elithi www.youtube.com kwaholela ezinkingeni zewebhusayithi enegama elifanayo, www.utube.com. Umnikazi waleyo sayithi, i-Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, wamangalela i-YouTube ngo-November 2006 ngemva kokugcwala ngokweqile abantu abafuna i-YouTube. I-Universal Tube kamuva yashintsha iwebhusayithi yayo yaba yi-www.utubeonline.com.
USteve Chen, uChad Hurley, noJawed Karim babeyizisebenzi zokuqala zePayPal, eyathengwa i-eBay.