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Alexis Ohanian, reddit cofounder @ MIT Startup Bootcamp

by Alexis Ohanian on Oct 12, 2009

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Here's a talk I gave at MIT for Startup Bootcamp on October 12, 2009

Here's a talk I gave at MIT for Startup Bootcamp on October 12, 2009

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Remember your first time?
Remember your first time?
Investors LOVE that stuffv
Our users did our advertising and pr
Our users did our advertising and pr
We know who’s doing all the eral work
The bar has been set low by coirporations
They’ve changed it a little….
They’ve changed it a little….
They’ve changed it a little….
Classic underpromiseoverdeliver
Whoa.
Most of you probably went to MIT. And let’s face it, thisisn’t what youd’ call a safety school
Most of you probably went to MIT. And let’s face it, thisisn’t what youd’ call a safety school
Most of you probably went to MIT. And let’s face it, thisisn’t what youd’ call a safety school
What’s
What’s
And while there are people who you’ll see succeeding despite doing what appears to be the oppsoite of all this
When you meet someone on the other side, you’ll notice.

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Alexis Ohanian, reddit cofounder @ MIT Startup Bootcamp — Presentation Transcript

serendipity
in startup life &
why it pay$
to be good
serendipity
in startup life &
why it pay$
to be good
(as opposed to be evil)
who the
hell
are you?
Steve
SELL-OUTS
no one
wants to use
your website
My mom
only your mom
wants to use
your website
you need
evangelists
FAIL
NOM NOM
HERE’S
A TERM
SHEET
you don’t
need PRfirms
stickers, wtf??
(thanks!)
keep it
real
web 2.0
a.k.a
labor 2.0
*4chan
exception
Goodness
is free PR
“Don’t be evil”
“Don’t be evil… unless you’re allowing smaller evils for the greater good on the evil scale balancing system.”
don’t need to be
exceptionally good
just be exceptional
woah.
imbue
a free
shirt
with win
facilitate
serendipity
Charisma.
we can’t
all be Danbut that’s OK
be
root-for-able
karma
matters
you will
fuck up
(I don’t care
what Harvard says)
you will
fuck up
being good
is insurance
for when you’re dumb
other times.
it makes
things
happen
(16 months later)
how
we got
acquired
(in pictures)
rock on
Condewha?
serendipity
in startup life &
why it pay$
to be good
BONUS!
CHOOSEYOUR COFOUNDERWISELY
Dear cancer,
Fuck you.
- alexis
Make something people want.
Make something people love.
Do
something you love.
questions?
@kn0thingon the twitter