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Alan Schaaf
Alan Schaaf
American Businessman
Born: Oct 21, 1987
About Internet People Think Work You
Related authors: Bill Gates Henry Ford Jim Rohn Les Brown Peter Drucker Stephen Covey Steve Jobs Warren Buffett
People come home from work, and they just want to unwind. Alan Schaaf
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My favorite interview question is, 'If you could have a superpower, what would it be?' Alan Schaaf
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In the early days, it was enough for Imgur to have a team that was focused on building product and engineering. But I realized early on if we were going to be successful, we needed someone who would be a bridge between the company and community. Alan Schaaf
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We've talked with over a dozen VCs and angel investors over the years. But we've never clicked with any of them until Andreessen. During our initial meeting, we were bouncing ideas around about where Imgur could go. Alan Schaaf
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As long as we continue to bring in more traffic, I'm much more concerned with building a good user experience and developing tools that will help grow the Imgur community of users. Alan Schaaf
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If a whole bunch of users want a specific feature, and we think that feature is pretty cool, too, that that's just what we'll do. Alan Schaaf
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Imgur has always been profitable right from the very beginning, and the only time I ever had to spend money on it was for the initial domain name because as soon as I released it, people liked it so much that they were donating, and so Imgur survived for the first six months just purely on donations. Alan Schaaf
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I don't have much time to read. I'm more of a problem solver. I'll have an idea or a problem, and I'll learn what's necessary in order to do the idea or solve the problem. If I need to read a book, then I will, but it usually comes down to researching on the Internet and reading blog posts. Alan Schaaf
Time Book Problem Internet Will Reading Down Solve Solver Posts More Idea Learn Read Blog Order Then Much Researching Necessary Need
One of my favorite sci-fi books is 'Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card. I would recommend it to anyone who loves sci-fi. It's a perfect intro to sci-fi. Alan Schaaf
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I like to think of an image as different from a photo. Alan Schaaf
Think Photo Like Different Image
People can express themselves better with images than just text, so they communicate more this way. Alan Schaaf
People Communicate Better Way More Text Than Just Themselves Express Images
The only thing that matters on Imgur is the quality of the content. Alan Schaaf
Quality Matters Only Content The Only Thing Thing
I don't think display advertising is the future of advertising. Alan Schaaf
Future Think Advertising Display
Revenue is not where the focus of the company is at. We are focused on pushing out cool products like our analytics. Alan Schaaf
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I'm proud that I've been able to attract an incredible team to work with me. Alan Schaaf
Work Me Incredible Able Attract Proud Been Team
It's not always about 'Can you do the job?' It's about 'Can you fit in with the team?' Alan Schaaf
You Job About Always Fit Team
I'm against the SOPA act, and Imgur, as a company, is against it. Alan Schaaf
Against Act Company
On Imgur, introverts can be extroverts. They don't have to worry about curating their own brand and are able to express themselves more authentically. They can go on Imgur and be themselves. Alan Schaaf
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Ultimately, you have to provide value to the user. Alan Schaaf
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It's gotten more open and easy to create a business on the Internet. That's a really awesome thing for entrepreneurs and for the world. Alan Schaaf
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Geek culture is all about being super passionate about your interests and not afraid to express them, even if your interests are unpopular. Alan Schaaf
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Let's get real: the .GIF format is outdated and is not really that great for the modern web anymore. It was created in 1989, and it wasn't even created for the purpose of animation. Alan Schaaf
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When I look at other products, I naturally think of ways to improve upon what already exists. Alan Schaaf
Think Other Ways Look Exists Improve Naturally Products
We want to become the best place on the Internet for self-expression and entertainment. If we have to raise money to achieve that goal and maybe move faster, we'll do it. Alan Schaaf
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I've found that instability from growth comes in waves. Alan Schaaf
Waves Instability Found Growth
When we first started growing our employees, I was scared. I would often think, 'If we had more people, what would they do? Is there really enough work?' Alan Schaaf
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