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A Bit of Optimism

Alexis Ohanian: Why I Left Reddit and Why Greed Can Inspire Good

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Management, Education

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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0:00.0

What you've said is so profoundly right.

0:02.0

We have replaced long-term greed with short-term greed,

0:05.0

and we need to get back to long-term greed because it's better.

0:08.0

I'm going to love being told I'm right, so thank you.

0:11.0

No, but hold on. If we just keep talking, I'll find something wrong.

0:14.0

Okay.

0:16.0

Alexis O'Hanian is a tech investor who's famous for a few reasons. Most people know him because he

0:24.1

happens to be married to tennis icon, Serena Williams. But if you didn't know, he's also the co-founder

0:30.7

of Reddit. The reason I like him, however, is because he's the kind of entrepreneur and investor

0:35.6

that absolutely leads with his

0:38.3

values. After launching Reddit with his college roommate and friend in 2005, he spent the next 16 years

0:45.2

helping it to become the ninth most visited website in the world. But it was after George Floyd was

0:51.7

killed that he decided it was time to resign from the board.

0:55.3

And he did so in protest. He requested the company take more concrete steps to curb the

1:01.2

hate on the platform and to replace him with a black director, which they did. Since then, Alexis

1:07.7

founded an organization called 776 to invest in ideas at their earliest stages.

1:14.3

And he's also become a leading investor in an advocate for women's sports, climate change startups, and paid family leave,

1:22.8

all the while proving that investing with your values is a really good way to promote long-term greed.

1:30.9

This is a bit of optimism.

1:35.0

So I wanted to start in sort of an obscure direction.

1:39.3

Good.

1:39.9

I wanted to start talking about impasta syndrome.

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