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Ohanian: SOPA and PIPA would have effectively broken the internet
“Well-intentioned people, I think most of whom are well-intentioned in D.C., writing bills for technology they don't really understand without people around them who are themselves technologists often lead to things like SOPA and PIPA, and those were two bills …”
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.”
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.”
Ohanian: Graham funded founders on condition they abandon their original idea
“We like you to, and if you change your idea, we'll invest.”
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.”
Ohanian: Reddit launched after only three weeks of development
“We actually only worked on it for about three weeks before we launched it.”
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.”
Ohanian: 300 million people visit Reddit each month
“Consider three hundred million people will visit Reddit this month. That's almost as big as the population in the United States.”
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…”