Alexis Ohanian

11 statements across 5 episodes · 7 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Dec 23, 2021 by Alexis Ohanian · said 27 times in 15 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Dec 23, 2021 bullish
Disclosure
Ohanian: Alt facilitates tens of millions in trading card loans
“I backed a company called Alt doing this around trading cards and other like physical alternative assets. We're already letting people borrow tens of millions of dollars against their collections of trading cards that are vaulted.”
Alexis Ohanian Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 50:17 The Unlimited Potential of Web3 with Alexis Ohanian | Where It Happens
Dec 23, 2021 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Ohanian: DAO participation will be commonplace within five years
“I think everyone in five years will participate in a DAO. They won't know it necessarily. I don't think that branding is, is whack. But they won't care. Right. User experience triumphs over everything. So yeah, I think it will be pretty commonplace. Not, maybe…”
Alexis Ohanian Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 1:16:58 The Unlimited Potential of Web3 with Alexis Ohanian | Where It Happens
Dec 23, 2021 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Ohanian: 90% of gamers will only play games that pay them
“In five years, no one, 90% of people will not play a game unless they are being properly valued for that time.”
Alexis Ohanian Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 1:17:56 The Unlimited Potential of Web3 with Alexis Ohanian | Where It Happens
Dec 23, 2021
Assertion Supported
Ohanian: Reddit's first revenue came from merchandise sales
“The first revenue Reddit made was merch.”
Alexis Ohanian Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 37:01 The Unlimited Potential of Web3 with Alexis Ohanian | Where It Happens
Dec 23, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ohanian: An index of global Y Combinator startups will perform phenomenally
“Will YC still be successful for the next 10 years? Yes. I think as they expand the sectors and geographies, YC, I think globally is one of the most no brainer investments you can make in early stage investing. If you just invested in an index fund of all of th…”
Alexis Ohanian Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 38:17 The Unlimited Potential of Web3 with Alexis Ohanian | Where It Happens
Dec 23, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ohanian: People will value online pseudonyms over real names within five years
“In five years, agree with the statement that a famous VC asked me like 10 years ago, what's something that you believe that the rest of the world were? And I told him that people will care more or do care more and will care more about their online identity tha…”
Alexis Ohanian Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 1:17:26 The Unlimited Potential of Web3 with Alexis Ohanian | Where It Happens
Dec 23, 2021 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ohanian: The Serial podcast team was dismissive of their Reddit community
“And I remember reaching out to the team there saying, hey, you all should really engage with this community. Like, this, whether you know it or not, is the most valuable part of your podcast. No offense. And to say that they were dismissive was an understateme…”
Alexis Ohanian Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 1:24:48 The Unlimited Potential of Web3 with Alexis Ohanian | Where It Happens
Jan 11, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Bloom: Alexis Ohanian’s VC firm uses internal software Cerebro to gamify value-add
“Alexis Ohanian has at seven, seven, six, they have this internal proprietary software they built out called Cerebro. I think it's called like Star Trek reference that manages like all of their internal stuff. And one of the portals is this like value add, like…”
Sahil Bloom Jan 11, 2022 ▶ 47:19 Forecasting the Future of Tech with Scott Belsky | Where It Happens
May 5, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Isenberg: Alexis Ohanian has invested in older-adult startups for two years
“Alexis Ohanian, who we've had on the pod always sees the future, but he's been investing the last two or so years in a bunch of Startups for older adults.”
Greg Isenberg May 5, 2022 ▶ 37:14 Why You Should Start a Business For Older Adults
Jun 30, 2022
Insight
Julien Smith: Founders only get about five shots to build something major
“One of the things you realize when you start a company Is you kind of only have a shot, a couple of shots, if it's going to work well. And if you, it is going to work well, like you've had, for example, Alexis O'Hanian on this show, it's like, you don't have l…”
Julien Smith Jun 30, 2022 ▶ 57:41 How To Create Your Own Luck With Julien Smith
Feb 2, 2026
Disclosure
Kevin Rose: Rebooted Digg Is a Reddit Competitor Run by CEO Justin
“We have Justin as a CEO who runs kind of like the day to day and builds out, you know, the Reddit competitor version of dig. And then we have, you know, me that I'm kind of more in the labs area where I'm pushing on the edges of ideas and saying, what might we…”
Kevin Rose Feb 2, 2026 ▶ 6:04 Screensharing Kevin Rose's AI Workflow/New App
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