Every founder has to delude themselves into thinking, "Yes, it's going to be big. It's going to take over the world." — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
If I didn't believe in rooting for founders and investing in founders, I'd be a bit of a hypocrite. — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
I try to help founders as much as I can, but so many of us we won't even take meetings with people… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Having ideas and doing them - that's what entrepreneurship comes down to. That's something that makes you not just a great founder… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
It's a fight to get anyone other than your mom to care about your startup. — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
It thrills me to write reference letters for enterprising founders who are looking to get visas to start their companies here, to… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Let's do 150 stops. Let's go to 75 universities, and let's spread this gospel of Internet entrepreneurship everywhere we go. — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Not everyone is going to end up being a founder of a company, but the skill of being entrepreneurial, having ideas and… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
I'd like to see the word 'entrepreneur' knocked off its pedestal. Being 'entrepreneurial' is something I look for not only in founders… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Obviously solving the education problem is big and complex, and there's already so many failings, but coding is the new fluency. This… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Founders are supposed to be not at all interested in selling. But there is a price at which a founder can't help… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
The stage of investing that I do is seed stage, so it's really early. Here's a pair of founders who maybe have… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
If you want to succeed, you've got to be okay to just lose control. — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
The goal shouldn't be to be the next Silicon Valley (there'll always only be one of those) - it's to be your… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Our competition has always been anything that is wasting your time when you're bored at work. In a broad sense. We want people to… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Everything is derivative. Everything is a remix, and we all stand on the shoulders of giants - a great phrase. — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Let's say you're all worried about student-loan debt and you need to have steady income. That doesn't have to be your everything. — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
I'm probably the worst Silicon Valley insider ever. I don't hang out with Silicon Valley people. — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Every founder has to delude themselves into thinking, "Yes, it's going to be big. It's going to take over the world." — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Love making jewelry? Awesome! Find blogs that inspire you, follow people on social media who have great taste, start an Etsy store, and borrow… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Hundreds of these companies I've seen since the beginning stages - including Dropbox and Airbnb - one of them has actually been crushed by… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Until we actually get legislation that protects our rights online, we will continue to fight against stupid, lobbyist-bought legislation. We want bills that protect… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
I often think of a quote from entrepreneur Jim Rohn: 'You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.'… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Because it's so empowering, I want people to think about being entrepreneurial regardless. They don't have to start companies, but that's what makes them… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
People want a remarkable experience; it's what they'll talk about, largely because the bar has been set so low by so many companies. — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
My entire career has been built on the understanding that I am not only not the smartest person in the room, I am definitely… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
