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Alexis Ohanian, reddit cofounder @ MIT Startup Bootcamp
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serendipity in
startup life & why it pay$ to be good
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serendipity in
startup life & why it pay$ to be good (as opposed to be evil)
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who the hell
are you?
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Steve
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SELL-OUTS
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no one wants
to use your website
10.
My mom
11.
only your mom
wants to use your website
12.
you need evangelists
13.
FAIL
14.
15.
16.
NOM NOM HERE’S
A TERM SHEET
17.
you don’t need
PRfirms
18.
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20.
21.
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stickers, wtf??
23.
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(thanks!)
25.
keep it real
26.
web 2.0 a.k.a
labor 2.0
27.
*4chan exception
28.
29.
Goodness is free
PR
30.
“Don’t be evil”
31.
“Don’t be evil…
unless you’re allowing smaller evils for the greater good on the evil scale balancing system.”
32.
33.
don’t need to
be exceptionally good
34.
just be exceptional
35.
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37.
woah.
38.
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imbue a free
shirt with win
40.
facilitate serendipity
41.
42.
Charisma.
43.
44.
we can’t all
be Danbut that’s OK
45.
be root-for-able
46.
karma matters
47.
48.
you will fuck
up
49.
50.
(I don’t care
what Harvard says)
51.
you will fuck
up
52.
being good is
insurance for when you’re dumb
53.
other times. it
makes things happen
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62.
(16 months later)
63.
how we got
acquired (in pictures)
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rock on
74.
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Condewha?
77.
78.
79.
serendipity in
startup life & why it pay$ to be good
80.
BONUS! CHOOSEYOUR COFOUNDERWISELY
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
Dear cancer, Fuck
you. - alexis
86.
Make something people
want.
87.
Make something people
love.
88.
Do something you
love.
89.
questions? @kn0thingon the
twitter
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