Reddit IPO: 8 Startup Lessons For Any Entrepreneur Starting Out [Video]

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Episode 565: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are dropping an emergency pod to break down Paul Graham’s essay about Reddit’s IPO yesterday.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:59) If you want to learn, teach.
(3:45) Show up – the ultimate high agency move
(5:54) Trust your gut
(7:47) How to get the best ideas
(14:00) Don’t be precious about the name
(14:53) How Reddit faked early traction
(18:15) Talent filters
(21:07) “The best products are you pushed out”
(25:13) We read Chris Sacca’s early emails
(28:02) Reddit’s exits to Conde Nast, then buys it back
(30:50) 19 years later and still not profitable

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Links:
• Y Combinator – https://www.ycombinator.com/
• “The Reddits” – https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/the-reddits
• Reddit – https://www.reddit.com/
• Paul Graham Essays – https://paulgraham.com/articles.html
• Product Hunt – https://www.producthunt.com/

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• Hampton – https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp – https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That – https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey – https://joinhampton.com/wealth

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