You're a Cab Company and a Meditation Ap.

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i actually find it quite endearing, because i'm just like jason says a lot of the things that i feel. When it's like you have this thing that you believed in when no one else did. I think putting the swag out there a little bit, no ias only as you're humble about the losses. Like i tellp youb i got lucky twelve times. People like your your youreabull shed ars. You got lucky. Y just at ubra i yet uber and eleven others. There's already too much swag in the household. There's noxs already. Yo, anser it. We'll help turner and help right around...

1:02 Jason welcomes Alexis Ohanian to the show and asks about the Reddit sale & re-joining for the turnaround
3:39 Why was Reddit "the last website standing" from all of the Web 2.0 sales in the early 2000s?
6:05 History of Reddit Gold, future of micropayments & what will Reddit's Blockchain venture entail?
14:59 Future of creators being able to monetize using micropayments, policing speech on Reddit
19:45 Fatherhood, being a Girl Dad, balancing personal life & work life
29:12 What is Alexis' role at Initialized? How Initialized is turning Venture Capital into a team sport
36:10 Dealing with celebrity as a partner at a VC firm, building talent when starting Initialized
42:44 Why Initialized's small ownership percentage was an issue early on, and how they think about it now
47:59 Jason calls Reddit's crypto project: "The most credible thing I've ever seen in crypto.", parsing through legitimate and non-legitimate crypto businesses
54:33 What investor skills has Alexis improved and what still needs work?
1:00:52 Dealing with icon-level celebrity in his personal life
1:04:30 Jason reveals the winner from their 2013 bet during Alexis' last appearance on This Week in Startups