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You can throw - and we've seen plenty of these kinds of companies - millions of dollars in advertising for a website or a service, and in the end if it's not useful no one's going to use it.

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Alexis Ohanian
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: April 24
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The weird thing about reddit is that, for a community its size - now I'm no longer at reddit, but the public traffic numbers that they put out are, I think with the site about eight million unique visitors a month, or every 30 days, which is a fairly big site.
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It takes discipline not to let social media steal your time.
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Do not be scared of the incumbents.
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I actually haven't even found a curriculum in America that is really preparing people for this 21st century world.
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The stage of investing that I do is seed stage, so it's really early. Here's a pair of founders who maybe have a prototype. They have a little bit of traction, maybe one employee, tops. At that stage, you really, really can only evaluate a company based on those founders and what they've been able to build. It's very, very team driven.
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The people who are going to be succeeding are not going to be waiting around for anyone's permission.
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Because it's so empowering, I want people to think about being entrepreneurial regardless. They don't have to start companies, but that's what makes them great employees, that's what makes them great citizens.
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We all have great ideas. No one ever says, I've got this terrible idea.
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Net neutrality is one where we the people are definitely on the ropes.
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Facebook makes me hate the people I know, and Reddit makes me love the people I don't.
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Having that kind of endorsement and having Paul Graham's readership coming to your site and contributing to it and building the foundation of the community was just a really invaluable way to start Reddit.
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It turns out the Internet is this amazing resource for everyone who has access to it.
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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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Every founder has to delude themselves into thinking, Yes, it's going to be big. It's going to take over the world.
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