Read Without Their Permission: The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change the World By Alexis Ohanian
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER As Alexis Ohanian learned when he helped to co-found the immensely popular reddit.com, the internet is the most powerful and democratic tool for disseminating information in human history. And when that power is harnessed to create new communities, technologies, businesses or charities, the results can be absolutely stunning. In this book, Alexis will share his ideas, tips and even his own doodles about harnessing the power of the web for good, and along the way, he will share his philosophy with young entrepreneurs all over the globe. At 29, Ohanian has come to personify the dorm-room tech entrepreneur, changing the world without asking permission. Within a couple of years of graduating from the University of Virginia, Ohanian did just that, selling reddit for millions of dollars. He's gone on to start many other companies, like hipmunk and breadpig, all while representing Y Combinator and investing in over sixty other tech startups. WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION is his personal guidebook as to how other aspiring entrepreneurs can follow in his footsteps. Book Without Their Permission: The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change the World By Alexis Ohanian ,Ebook Without Their Permission: The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change the World By Alexis Ohanian ,Ebook Without Their Permission: The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change the World By Alexis Ohanian ,Reading Book Without Their Permission: The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change the World By Alexis Ohanian ,Ebook Without Their Permission: The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change the World By Alexis Ohanian Click here for Download Ebook Without Their Permission: The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change the World By Alexis Ohanian PDF Free Click here Ebook Without Their Permission: The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change
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footnotes. Ohanian is a very smart, successful person and I really wanted to know more. He only touches on his life, and beyond his love of football and World of Warcraft we have to read too much between the lines, which is often wrong, to discover who he actually is. This was written mostly as a text book but should have been a story and I wish it had been told better. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Worth the read By Youmenar Hi, I’m a University of Baltimore student enrolled in the survey Entrepreneurship course. “Without permission” is my assigned reading for the class & this review is a part of the course requirement. Prior to reading the book, I had never heard of or been to the Reddit website, so that was pretty cool. The book starts off just giving a general background on the author and how he met his co-founder. The story really picks up as it trails the life of Alexis and the inception of Reddit, how they build momentum and the sale of Reddit. It was a great read; I read it in 2 days, which is record time for me because I usually read a chapter a day of any book. It also mentions start-up techno-firms he was involved in. I loved Alexis youthful, lighthearted approach on discussing the journey of entrepreneurship. Just goes to show, you never know who you’re meet, or the opportunity that would produce life changing results in this case, a very lucrative business opportunity. The time frame it took them from product creation to launch and sale was 18 months, which is in & of itself pretty remarkable. In the book, the author mentioned how easy it was to contact key decision makers in organizations he needed to make deals to launch multiple businesses. Maybe times have changed but there was no guidance on how he actually got the emails addresses, direct phone numbers etc. The book ends on his involvement with legislature that protected internet freedom. Still it was a great read with many take away points See all 134 customer reviews...
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