Internet Start-up Seminar with Reddit co-Founder

Starting the High Growth Internet Venture

Masterclass from Informatics Ventures for Internet Start-ups in Scotland

Led by Alexis Ohanian, co-Founder of Reddit.com


This seminar is intended for early stage internet entrepreneurs who desire to start and grow high impact internet ventures.  Alexis Ohanian, who co-founded Reddit.com, a Y-Combinator birthed internet start-up, will lead the seminar. He'll start with an overview of the opportunity identification and assessment process with Reddit, and then move on to describe the challenges and impediments to the venture's growth, especially user acquistion. The discussion will then progress to an interactive session that surrounds the challenges faced by the early stage participants themselves.  

Schedule - Thursday 26 November 2009 - St. Trinnean's Room - St. Leanoards in Pollock Halls

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch and Networking
14.00    Seminar Starts
16.00 - 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 - 17.30 Seminar 2nd half
17.30  End

Limited to 15 participants. Maximum of two people per start-up company. Lunch will be served as will coffee. There is no charge for qualifying start-ups and entrepreneurs. Qualifying start-ups and entrepreneurs must be based in Scotland and have intent to start and grow high impact internet ventures. Students and recent graduates who are in the exploratory stage of such a process are welcome to sign up for the seminar as well.


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Reddit

http://www.reddit.com/

Y Combinator

http://ycombinator.com/

Three Years after Their Acquisition, Reddit Founders Move On (TechCrunch 27 October 2009)

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/27/three-years-after-their-acquisition-reddit-founders-move-on/

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ABOUT ALEXIS OHANIAN