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The first step, and the thing that everyone has to do right on the Internet is make something people want.
Alexis Ohanian
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Alexis Ohanian
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: April 24
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I guess if you include contractors that are six or seven people working on reddit, but when we got acquired there were basically three and then in the years since, we've added three more developer hires full time, and a community manger. But the site is still remarkably small.
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If I didn't believe in rooting for founders and investing in founders, I'd be a bit of a hypocrite.
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It takes discipline not to let social media steal your time.
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If I'm at the University of Georgia and I can't inspire this room full of students, OK, fine. I'm not going to take it personally. Maybe a little bit, but I'll be all right.
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