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Alexis Ohanian walked out of the LSAT 20 minutes in, went to a Waffle House and decided he was 'gonna invent a career'—he founded Reddit

Summary by Fortune
As a college student, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian walked out of his law school admission exam 20 minutes in—and made the life-changing decision at Waffle House that he was going to become an entrepreneur. Just months later, he and his cofounder received funding from Paul Graham, and the now-$40 billion social platform was born. Reddit’s cofounders join the ranks of companies like Google, Facebook, and Databricks to have direct roots to the c…

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