Without their permission
by Alexis Ohanian · first published 2013
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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.
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…margin! I don't care, make some money, and stay solid business-wise. Please pardon an off-topic comment: I got to meet Alexis Ohanian when he spoke at Google last year and I really enjoyed his book "Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed." I am an old guy, in my 60s, and I worry a lot about the future our kids and grandkids will have, but then when I meet young people like Alexis who have…
on “Can Reddit Grow Up?” ↗…Here are my favorites: - Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman - Ghost In The Wires by Kevin Mitnick - Catch me if you can by Abagnale - iWoz by Steve Wozniak - Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson - Without their Permission by Alexis Ohanian All of them are absolutely awesome and enlightening and entertaining. Also I can highly recommend listening them as audiobooks, very convenient.
on “Ask HN: Biographies for personal development and entrepreneurship?” ↗…WATTLES (The Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reads) 8. Money: Master the Game by Tony Robbins 9. Principles by Ray Dalio 10. Como Ganar Amigas e Influir Sobre las Personas by Dale Carnegie 11. Without Their Permission by Alexis Ohanian 12. Tribe by Sebastian Junger 13. Sapiens A Brief History of Humanity by Yuval Noah Harari 14. This is Water by David Foster Wallace 15. How Not to Be Wrong. The Power of Mathematical…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗Sounds like this app is scrod because they need Reddit's permission. https://www.amazon.com/Without-Their-Permission-Reddit-Bluep...
on “Reddit Became the Enemy – With Apollo Developer Christian Selig” ↗Hi :) In the book by Alexis Ohanian "Without their Permission" he writes something very interesting on page 108: When it came to the question of DIGG being a competitor to Reddit, Alexis quotes you saying that "Digg wasn't going to defeat us (Reddit). We'd either…
on “Ask PG: How did you come to that conclusion?” ↗Why thank you! How'd you like a signed copy of Without Their Permission? (http://ohanian.co/WTPbook) Email contact AT alexisohanian.com your address and I'll get ya. I promise that book is going to be nothing less than 42x better. It also has doodles! e.g., http://instagram.com/p/Zn32KlmEq7/
on “The book that inspired the birth of reddit” ↗From YC's blog: "The tour celebrates Alexis’s recently published book, Without Their Permission, a 'blueprint and rallying cry for entrepreneurship.'" Ohanian's message is: "you don't need 'their' permission to found a tech start up." No, of course you don't. You have the full weight of "their"…
on “YC is joining Alexis Ohanian's Without Their Permission Tour” ↗Alexis Ohanian's "Without Their Permission".
on “Ask HN: What book are you currently reading?” ↗