Alan Schaaf
Founder and former CEO, Imgur. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Schaaf created the image-sharing platform Imgur in 2009 while studying computer science at Ohio University. He bootstrapped the platform to profitability before raising a $40 million Series A round from Andreessen Horowitz in 2014.
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Everything Alan Schaaf said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Imgur overcame internal dogma by hiring an external product manager
“We had been chugging away at the product for like five years, and so we had a lot of built up assumptions. We were kind of a little bit dogmatic about certain topics that we didn't need to be, that were probably holding us back, and so having a fresh set of ey…”
Founders raising capital to expand should hire a recruiter first
“Which is, when you hire, when you raise a round, and what you're gonna do with that round is grow your team, then the first thing you should do is hire somebody to hire people. Like, literally, you raise a bunch of money in order to build your team, you have t…”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Alan's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 a16zLEDGER | Founder and former CEO, Imgur | 1 | 2 | — | full record on the a16z Podcast → |