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Even if you have no interest in starting a company, having the experience of having ideas and doing them, that's muscle to exercise because that's what people are going to want to see. That's what makes you different.

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Alexis Ohanian
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: April 24
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Net neutrality is one where we the people are definitely on the ropes.
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I don't have a crystal ball, but if you can ever put yourself in a situation where you are indispensable - where you aren't part of what looks like a fad, but you actually are a company, a brand that people trust and go to - at this point, you could put some of the mainstays of tech on anything, right?
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Entrepreneur is just French for 'has ideas, does them'.
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I can't begrudge anyone who opts to get a job instead of creating one for themselves.
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