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June 2, 2011 07:20 pm GMT
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(Founder Stories) From Paul Newman to Paul Graham with Alexis Ohanian (TCTV)
Alexis Ohanain continues his coversation with Founder Stories host Chris Dixon by discussing some of his activities and interests outside of Reddit.Highlights of their chat include Ohanian telling Dixon he considers Paul Newman, "the OG of social enterprise" and that Newman was the inspiration forBreadpig, Ohanian's organization that creates "geeky things" and donates profits to worthy causes. On his role as the Y Combinator ambassador to New York, where Ohanain mentors budding New York-based Y Combinatorfounders, Ohanian notes "you can't spell New York City without YC" and on founding his angel investing firm Das Kapital Capital, Ohanian says he did it, "mostly so I can mess with the tellers of Bank of America"are you a communist?"Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/0NqfospSgIQ/
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