alexis ohanian talks about the early days of reddit at mass challenge
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My reddit storyThe early days
alexis [email protected]
Steve
Steve
(NOT US)
MyMobileMenu(MMM!)
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Co-founders matter, a lot
Good news, everyone!
Programmers are from Mars,business ppl are from???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HYDvWLGmo4
Look for opportunities
to do somethingawesome
Working harder makes up for being dumber
Working harder makes up for being dumber
(but it's not a substitute)
Respond quickly to calls & email.
Do so as a human.
The elementof surprise
http://www.groupon.com/new-york/unsubscribed?mid=96988&addx=
Hand-mailing >300 sets of stickers is not fun work, but it’s rewarding.
Early adopters.
Early adopters.
no onewants to useyour website
My mom
only your momwants to useyour website
you needevangelists
FAIL
Make something
people want
Make something people love
Give them a reason to talk
about it.
Know about competitors.
But don’t care.
Launch.Improve.Repeat.
you don’t
need PR
firms
stickers, wtf??
Questions?