Alexis Ohanian

12 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 31, 2017 by Alexis Ohanian · said 3 times in 3 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Aug 31, 2017 negative
Opinion
Ohanian: Paul Graham is terrible at naming companies
“PG is terrible at naming companies, but when he nailed it with that phrase, it was special.”
Alexis Ohanian Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 16:34 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Aug 31, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ohanian: Graham funded founders on condition they abandon their original idea
“We like you to, and if you change your idea, we'll invest.”
Alexis Ohanian Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 13:53 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Aug 31, 2017
Assertion Supported
Early Reddit required all front-page links to be under 24 hours old
“Alexis and I were submitting all the content, and we had a rule back then that all of the content on the front page had to be less than 24 hours old. And the front page was 25 links long. So if there were fewer than 25 links submitted that day, there would be …”
Steve Huffman Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 24:10 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Aug 31, 2017 neutral
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Ohanian: Serena Williams had never heard of Reddit when they first met
“She had no idea what Reddit was.”
Alexis Ohanian Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 47:54 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Aug 31, 2017
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Huffman: Reddit's first 100 accounts were fake profiles created by the founders
“And that's why the first hundred or so Reddit users were either characters from World of Warcraft or pieces of furniture in our living room.”
Steve Huffman Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 20:29 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Aug 31, 2017 negative
Opinion
Ohanian: Regrets early Reddit sale financially, but the money was life-changing
“So I regret from a business standpoint, yes, we sold it early, but I have no regret whatsoever as a decision because I got to make that phone call.”
Alexis Ohanian Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 31:21 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Aug 31, 2017
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Reddit couldn't afford snoo.com because $4,000 was one-third of its funding
“Unfortunately, snoo.com cost 4000 dollars, which we didn't have. It was a third of our fund, so couldn't afford it.”
Alexis Ohanian Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 18:20 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Aug 31, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Ohanian: Condé Nast bought Reddit for between $10M and $20M
“That is accurate.”
Alexis Ohanian Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 30:34 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Aug 31, 2017
Assertion Supported
Ohanian: Reddit launched after only three weeks of development
“We actually only worked on it for about three weeks before we launched it.”
Alexis Ohanian Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 17:17 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Aug 31, 2017 positive
Assertion Supported
Ohanian: Reddit founders received $12,000 from Paul Graham for three months
“And this was a chance to basically get 12,000 dollars from an investor we really trusted to just try something for three months.”
Alexis Ohanian Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 15:51 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Aug 31, 2017
Disclosure
Ohanian: Walked out of the LSAT for a Waffle House epiphany
“And then on a Saturday morning, walked out of an LSAT to go eat waffles. And I went to a waffle house. It's a great place for epiphanies and waffles. And I had both there that morning and realized if I wanted these waffles more than the LSAT, I probably should…”
Alexis Ohanian Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 6:49 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Aug 31, 2017 positive
Disclosure
Huffman: Reddit co-founders attended therapy together in 2015 to reconcile
“And we actually saw my therapist saw him together.”
Steve Huffman Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 39:29 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
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