It takes discipline not to let social media steal your time.

Having that kind of endorsement and having Paul Graham's readership coming to your site and contributing to it and building the foundation of the community was just a really invaluable way to start Reddit.

If you look now, more than ever new entrants, new upstarts, are able to grow so much faster than they could before.

No, everyone has great ideas, but what makes a difference, especially online, or just in life, is actually doing it; getting that first version out there.

Let's say you're all worried about student-loan debt and you need to have steady income. That doesn't have to be your everything.

I think we are a better and a more efficient society when people actually get to do the things that they really are passionate about, and really are amazing at, because it's going to mean better stuff for us, too.

The first version of everything is janky.