Ohanian: Paul Graham is terrible at naming companies
Alexis Ohanian · Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman · Aug 31, 2017 · at 16:34
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian discusses brainstorming early startup concepts and branding with Y Combinator founder Paul Graham in 2005.
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“PG is terrible at naming companies, but when he nailed it with that phrase, it was special.”
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