 I'm Alexis Ohanian. I've started startups, invested in them, and met amazing people using the internet to change the world. Our generation has an opportunity unlike any other. We can create small empires without anyone's permission. Welcome to our crib! It wasn't even kind of being stressed in my day job. It was just realizing that I wasn't making things anymore. Starting ArtCycle was about building stuff again. It was scary because like the site would go down and I wouldn't know what to do and everyone would be like, okay Tom, well you know what you're doing. And I was like, ah Stack Overflow, I don't know. Literally at the beginning it was me with the PowerPoint deck. We didn't even have the website live. So you were pitching it before the site was even built? Yeah. Or live? Yeah. That's great. It sounds cheesy but it really is a great feeling. It's a good, like honest thing. I made this thing. Give it to you. Spend a little bit of money and you're winning too. It's cool. I'm considering this as my application video for Topshop. This is exciting and a little terrifying. I can't tell you this is actually really hot. So for somebody who's watching this show and is thinking, I want this job. I want to do this. What do you tell them? What do you tell her to end up like you? Well, I think one of the most important traits is that you don't listen to the word no. If you hear a no, go somewhere else.
 I'm Alexis Ohanian. I've started startups, invested in them, and met amazing people using the internet to change the world.
 Our generation has an opportunity unlike any other. We can create small empires without anyone's permission.
 Welcome to our crib!
 It wasn't even kind of being stressed in my day job. It was just realizing that I wasn't making things anymore.
 Starting ArtCycle was about building stuff again.
 It was scary because like the site would go down and I wouldn't know what to do and everyone would be like,
 okay Tom, well you know what you're doing.
 And I was like, ah Stack Overflow, I don't know.
 Literally at the beginning it was me with the PowerPoint deck. We didn't even have the website live.
 So you were pitching it before the site was even built?
 Yeah.
 Or live?
 Yeah.
 That's great.
 It sounds cheesy but it really is a great feeling. It's a good, like honest thing. I made this thing.
 Give it to you. Spend a little bit of money and you're winning too. It's cool.
 I'm considering this as my application video for Topshop.
 This is exciting and a little terrifying. I can't tell you this is actually really hot.
 So for somebody who's watching this show and is thinking, I want this job. I want to do this.
 What do you tell them? What do you tell her to end up like you?
 Well, I think one of the most important traits is that you don't listen to the word no.
 If you hear a no, go somewhere else.