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Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed Hardcover – October 1, 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.

At 29, Ohanian has come to personify the dorm-room tech entrepreneur, changing the world without asking permission. Within a couple of years of graduating from the University of Virginia, Ohanian did just that, selling reddit for millions of dollars. He's gone on to start many other companies, like hipmunk and breadpig, all while representing Y Combinator and investing in over sixty other tech startups. Without Their Permission is his personal guidebook as to how other aspiring entrepreneurs can follow in his footsteps.

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"It's rare that a thirty-year-old has a memoir worth writing-let alone worth reading-but Alexis Ohanian's WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION is an exception. This book is full of useful advice for entrepreneurs of all ages, and Alexis describes his remarkable accomplishments with an endearing combination of geekiness, enthusiasm, and sincerity."
-Nate Silver, author and statistician, FiveThirtyEight blog, New York Times

"WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION shows how anyone can use the power of the Internet to make the world a much cooler place to live."
-Tony Hsieh, New York Times bestselling author of Delivering Happiness and CEO of Zappos.com, Inc.

"Software is eating the world and WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION is your ultimate cookbook."
-Marc Andreessen, cofounder and partner at Andreessen Horowitz

"In WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION, Alexis Ohanian shows you how to share your great ideas with an unlimited world online. Ohanian charts a course for you to build a business, or create a following, or just expand your world and those of people you haven't even met. What you'll learn from Ohanian isn't taught in any school or in any modern curricula. It is the knowledge of the future-to create a better world."
- Soledad O'Brien, Journalist, CEO, Starfish Media Group

"Alexis talking about the internet is like Sid Vicious talking about punk. Analysts merely adopted it, but Ohanian was born in it, molded by it, and is the voice of it. A fascinating story, but more importantly: a crucial insight into the healthy proactive mindset of the tech startup world that will keep defining the future."
- Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby, author of Anything You Want

About the Author

In additon to starting Reddit.com, Alexis Ohanian has also been instrumental in other successful online ventures, including HipMunk and BreadPig.

He lives in Brooklyn but remains a diehard fan of the Washington Redskins.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Business Plus; 9.1.2013 edition (October 1, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1455520020
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1455520022
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 8.75 inches

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Pamela

I started paying more attention to Alexis Ohanian when Serena Williams gave birth to their daughter

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 16, 2021

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Before that, I probably could look up that he was the founder of reddit but I didn't really use it very much, so I didn't pay attention. I now follow him on Twitter and see what he's using his platform to speak about. He talked about the sequel to this book being called Permissionless, which intrigued me. I didn't know this book existed, so I scooped it up at a very attractive price point.

It's a frank talk about how he co-founded reddit, which has ballooned in value since he wrote this book. I liked his talk about his legislative efforts, too. I remember the blackout on Wikipedia. It's a fun, well-written book about being a tech entrepreneur in America. I liked how he talked about maintaining a free Internet. I also found it fascinating to read the part at the end where he talked about how a lot of Americans could not afford to have access to high speed Internet, which I take for granted. During the pandemic, a lot of kids took their AP tests from McDonald's parking lots. That hasn't changed since he published this book. I hope he continues to use his platform to drive American innovation and growth, as he has since he left the University of Virginia.

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ryan sansing

This book will give a good insight for any aspiring entrepreneur in our context of ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 3, 2017

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Alexis Ohanian, 'mayor of the internet' and co-founder of Reddit, shares his life story so far and his insight into what makes a successful startup and his vision for the future fertility of tech innovation for humanity. This book will give a good insight for any aspiring entrepreneur in our context of click-bait culture. As an undergrad student at University of VA, Ohanian learned the value of actively participating in class and life. One day while sitting in a waffle house, he was struck by the notion that he should abandon the more rooted and conventional path of law and instead set sail on the seas of entrepreneurship. He and his friend Steve pitched and failed, then pitched again and succeeded big with Reddit. Ohanian goes on to share his wisdom gained over the following years creating and investing in over 60 startups through his work with Ycombinator. He gives essentials of modern entrepreneurship theory such as how to focus more on solving major problems for potential customers, with the added advice that in this culture of overlapping tech, there is plenty of opportunity to solve major problems that your customers don't even know they have. Ohanian expresses this enthusiasm for presentation, execution, and proper collaboration with genuine passion. I feel "Without Their Permission" is an important read to understand what's driving value and innovation in our world, yet if it was a novel, I would be a bit disappointed with the hero character. As the title suggests, there is a rebellious element to the story. Ohanian goes to battle against the corrupt and entrenched interests that are stifling growth and innovation when he works to rally the citizens of the free internet to fight legislation such as the Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA. His political-philosophic reflections in some ways remind me of other free-market rhetoric. His identity as a child of the nineties is evident and I can relate. I grew up in the same town as Ohanian around the same time with a similar passion for computers, networks, and the potential future we were all looking forward to. He mentions at one point the importance of timing for turning a good idea into a good opportunity and his character as "mayor of the internet" and hero of this story is missing a big opportunity in making the innovations' value more sustainable. However, this book is not a novel, though it is an illuminating, worthwhile, and enjoyable read.

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mark shoemaker

Alexis Ohanian uses a lot of his past experiences in order to explain and give a better understanding to the reader of starting

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 8, 2015

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My name is Mark Shoemaker and I am currently a student at the University of Baltimore. This semester I am taking an entrepreneurial class which required/recommended this book to be read on our own and outside of class in order to expand our knowledge of how to succeed starting up your own business. This book not only explains the story of Alexis Ohanian and how by chance created Redit with his college friend Steve, by also incorporates how both individuals grew from the experience and pushed themselves father in the business world. Starting off, Alexis Ohanian uses a lot of his past experiences in order to explain and give a better understanding to the reader of starting a startup. I think this aspect because its relatedtable, it closes the gap between author and reader. Alexis also likes to break down information and include humor to make the material simpler for the reader to understand. For example, he makes the metaphor that choosing business partners for start up are just as important as choosing a significant other in marriage. There is a lot of good aspects of this book but there is a lot some things i didn’t like. The book at many spots becomes quite unprofessional, more as if a friend is trying to give you advice. Ohanian also gives some misleading advice like ignore the competition and never turn down cannoli. The book is also very vague about what his first start up (reddit) is, I had to google it in order to finally gain exactly what it was. The book loses the reader in some spots just due to the vast amount of the authors personal thoughts. Overall, this book is useful to other entrepreneurial students or anyone interested in being an entrepreneur. This book describes someone who was once in our shoes and gives step by step of what Ohanian did in order to succeed. Even steps of how he failed in the past before Ohanian succeeded. This book relates to its users with a combination of sincerity, geekiness and a lot of enthusiasm. In the end, this book can be nothing but a great tool in order to help better explain how to create a startup and how to maintain it in its early and matured state.

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Jacqueline

Great Buy!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 23, 2018

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Great inspiring book!!
Alexis starts out by giving us detailed information about how Reddit came into being with lots of anecdotes and light banter.
He shows how ANYONE can have a presence on the internet and how you can use it to your advantage. He showcases examples of people who, if it wasn't for the internet, they wouldn't have achieved and gained what was rightly theirs.
His involvement in the boycotting of the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act describes in details the obstacles and how he and others stopped this bill from being enacted.
Great book.. just buy it.

David Zokhrabyan

The story of Internet freedom

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 20, 2014

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It is hard to undervalue the importance of Reddit in the digital revolution that we are witnessing right now. As it says on Mob76Outlook, Reddit is one of the Internet's arteries.

Alexis Ohanian is a co-founder of Reddit and has all the grounds to write a book that tells the story of internet freedom through his personal projects and observations. This book is primarily for those who are just thinking to create a start-up and need someone prominent to tap them on the shoulder and say: you can do it boy!

I've already passed that point five months ago, but even for somebody who had already started a company it is a very interesting and entertaining read. Besides of tons of start-up tips and inside advice from Y Combinator, Reddit and Hipmunk you will enjoy Alexis's thoughts about the free internet. The two versions of his graduation speech in 2025 give two scenarios making it clear that we live in an age of fighting for internet freedom even though most of us don't realize it while enjoying it.

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Kristian James

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 18, 2018

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A really inspiring read that is a very honest, quick read

Rudolf Olah

Fantastic book

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 30, 2014

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It's easy enough these days to fall into a techno-depression and to see demons in technology and the internet with cyber-bullying, revenge porn, mass surveillance, and other terrors frightening us. But the internet can also bring out the best in people. Ohanian has writen an excellent book that shows how he went from being just a college/university student to helping create a site, Reddit, that brings hundreds of thousands of semi-anonymous people together and delivers happiness.

One thing that I particularly liked is that he encourages you to go out and take advantage of the Internet. A lot of people just use it to Google around or sit on Wikipedia for hours or watch Youtube videos, but Ohanian says you should do more and start creating your own stuff and putting it out there.

The optimism in this book is something we need more of.

DavidB

Essential reading for online business people and students

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 10, 2013

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A great combination of Ohanian's personal business history, other online success stories and inspirational sections. Reading WTP has certainly changed my mindset in terms of any potential next steps I'll take after University, whilst also teaching me some new techniques to take into the work world. An easy and well written read.

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