Turning Mountains into Molehills - Alexis Ohanian - May 11, 2010
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Alexis Ohanian’s talk at the Next 10 conference in Berlin, Germany: Turning Mountains into Molehills.
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Turning Mountains into Molehills - Alexis Ohanian - May 11, 2010
- 1. turning MountainsMolehills into Alexis Ohanian @kn0thing
- 2. GutenMorgen!
- 6. Steve
- 7. Steve
- 13. “Social Media”
- 14. “Digg’s front page – 2 days earlier”
- 15. “What’s new & interesting online”
- 16. ½ Million Visitors a Day
- 17. Community
- 18. Community
- 21. be Genuine
- 22. you cannot create “Organic”
- 33. GOAL $31,415
- 34. GOAL $31,415
- 37. $31,415 $62,830 GOAL $185,229.69
- 40. $31,415 $62,830 GOAL $185,229.69
- 41. $31,415 $62,830 Donated by reddit: $185,229.70
- 42. $31,415 $62,830 Donated by reddit: $185,229.70
- 43. A gift from Zach Weiner of SMBC-Comics.com, who we have a crush on.
- 44. 1,900,000 uniques per month for every 1 developer
- 45. Me 1,900,000 uniques per month for every 1 developer
- 46. Steve 1,900,000 uniques per month for every 1 developer
- 47. 1,900,000 uniques per month for every 1 developer
- 48. (not reddit)
- 53. “read”
- 54. breadpig.com
- 55. Pig
- 56. Pig +
- 57. Pig +Bread Wings
- 64. 200,000+ people said WTFCNN?!
- 66. make it Personal
- 70. Everything is better with robots.
- 72. More literate children means more potential book buyers.
- 83. $54,000 donated in 2009
- 84. Help us spend our profits. Vote at Breadpig.com
- 85. make it Relevant
- 88. $135,487,285 Lent to kiva borrowers to date SOURCE: http://www.kiva.org/about/facts
- 89. $0 Amount passed through government SOURCE: http://www.kiva.org/about/facts
- 99. $750+ Million raised from donors
- 104. This is the trend. Thanks to technology.
- 105. Name Age Favorite subject This is the trend. Thanks to technology.
- 106. Twitter: “OMG. Like, I just 8 a hole BURGER!!1 WOW.”
- 112. The world has a lot of big problems.
- 113. The world has a lot of big problems. We need more good, small ideas.
- 114. email alexis@breadpig.com@kn0thing twitter Lemme know what you thought.
Editor's Notes
- History major
- Award yourself 10 internet points if you guessed correctly
- reddit gets called lots of things
- We just wanted a place whereyou could find what’s new and interesting online at any given moment
- Something we never expected was the strength of this community, which I’d put up against any online community of comparable size.
- Something we never expected was the strength of this community, which I’d put up against any online community of comparable size.
- alps
- molehill
- Quake in haiti
- Tragic events
- Quake in haiti
- Quake in haiti
- Screen cap of reddit post
- Reaching out to directrelief, transparency
- Reaching out to directrelief, transparency
- Reaching out to directrelief, transparency – they were happy to send photos and even let the community do one of reddit’s famous AMA interviews
- Reaching out to directrelief, transparency
- My first blog entry on it
- Attainable goal.
- Attainable goal.
- Crushed – tried 2pi (it’s a math joke Chris came up with)
- Crushed – tried 2pi (it’s a math joke Chris came up with)
- Then reddit took over. A number of the more hardcore users rallied behind the idea of hitting the same amount of money reddit exchanged in the internet’s (world’s?) largest ever secret santa
- Crushed – tried 2pi (it’s a math joke Chris came up with)
- The guys at digg, props to the ex-ceo jay, who pushed this through and put our friendly rivalry to work doing a bit of good.
- Then reddit took over. A number of the more hardcore users rallied behind the idea of hitting the same amount of money reddit exchanged in the internet’s (world’s?) largest ever secret santa
- At the time of this slide’s production, reddit had raised one cent over their goal
- What the hell, here’s a kitten
- Conquered
- I’d love to give you a clear explanation for how a team of 7 employees (since steve and I retired, there are now just 4 fulltime devs and one community manager). Maybe I’ll save that for an e-book ;)
- I’d love to give you a clear explanation for how a team of 7 employees (since steve and I retired, there are now just 4 fulltime devs and one community manager). Maybe I’ll save that for an e-book ;)
- I’d love to give you a clear explanation for how a team of 7 employees (since steve and I retired, there are now just 4 fulltime devs and one community manager). Maybe I’ll save that for an e-book ;)
- I’d love to give you a clear explanation for how a team of 7 employees (since steve and I retired, there are now just 4 fulltime devs and one community manager). Maybe I’ll save that for an e-book ;)
- This is not a community of do-gooders and nonprofit junkies (they’re there, but these are ppl wasting time at work – that’s why they visit). But because it was a genuine community movement, it took on a life of its own. If you’ve got an extra 4 minutes, I’ve got a TED talk about this. It involves a whale, which is nice.
- This is not a community of do-gooders and nonprofit junkies (they’re there, but these are ppl wasting time at work – that’s why they visit). But because it was a genuine community movement, it took on a life of its own. If you’ve got an extra 4 minutes, I’ve got a TED talk about this. It involves a whale, which is nice.
- This is not a community of do-gooders and nonprofit junkies (they’re there, but these are ppl wasting time at work – that’s why they visit). But because it was a genuine community movement, it took on a life of its own. If you’ve got an extra 4 minutes, I’ve got a TED talk about this. It involves a whale, which is nice.
- After selling reddit, I noticed I had more free time without a startup to worry about every waking hour. So I did the only thing I knew how to do – I started another one. This was 2 years ago.
- Techcrunch. whoa
- We partnered with room to read
- We partnered with room to read
- i finally retired from reddit to become a kiva fellow, volunteering for 3 mos in Armenia ( just got back )
- Kiva has become synonymous with microfinance for many Americans, which has placed a responsibility on the young nonprofit to educate as it rapidly grows.
- Kiva has become synonymous with microfinance for many Americans, which has placed a responsibility on the young nonprofit to educate as it rapidly grows.
- Kiva has become synonymous with microfinance for many Americans, which has placed a responsibility on the young nonprofit to educate as it rapidly grows.
- The minimum loan is 25, but each $25 feels relevant when it’s part of a grokkable goal (like “Armen needs $3,000”) this is the future of donations.
- Kiva has become synonymous with microfinance for many Americans, which has placed a responsibility on the young nonprofit to educate as it rapidly grows.
- Kiva has become synonymous with microfinance for many Americans, which has placed a responsibility on the young nonprofit to educate as it rapidly grows.
- Kiva has become synonymous with microfinance for many Americans, which has placed a responsibility on the young nonprofit to educate as it rapidly grows.
- Fewer and fewer people are going to be satisfied making donations that go to a general fund – it’s not just the millionaires who get to feel in control of their donations.
- Fewer and fewer people are going to be satisfied making donations that go to a general fund – it’s not just the millionaires who get to feel in control of their donations.
- This is unnerving for most nonprofits, who love their general fund – and who could blame them
- but there’s hope
- It’s also changed the face of american politics
- It’s also changed the face of american politics
- It doesn’t necessarily mean it will cannibalize donations to the general fund
- And thanks to the web, the cost of being accountable for these kinds of micro philanthropists is only getting easier to bear
- If we can tell what a total stranger just had for lunch, we should be able to know how our money is being used by a non-profit
- And thanks to the web, the cost of being accountable for these kinds of micro philanthropists is only getting easier to bear
- And thanks to the web, the cost of being accountable for these kinds of micro philanthropists is only getting easier to bear
- And thanks to the web, the cost of being accountable for these kinds of micro philanthropists is only getting easier to bear
- haiti
- And thanks to the web, the cost of being accountable for these kinds of micro philanthropists is only getting easier to bear