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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

Topics: About Angel Any Around Bouncing Clicked Could Dozen Go Ideas Initial Investors Meeting Never Our Over Talked Them Until Were Where Years

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I'm probably most proud of the fact that we are bootstrapped and that we are able to do not just the typical Silicon Valley startup thing. We are basically throwing away all the typical conventions of other startups.

~Alan Schaaf

Topics: Able Away Basically Conventions Fact Just Most Other Proud Silicon Silicon Valley Startup Startups Thing Throwing Typical Valley

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When I was a student, I was working at the technology call center, where students call in if they can't get their email to work or something. A minimum-wage kind of job.

~Alan Schaaf

Topics: Call Center Email Get Job Kind Something Student Students Technology Where Work Working

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When I was in high school and college, I'd always been into websites, and when you'd read about sites and the companies and people behind them, they were always in Silicon Valley. This one's in Mountain View, this one's in Palo Alto. They're all right here. I knew I wanted to move out here, whether it was to work at Google or some other company.

~Alan Schaaf

Topics: About Always Been Behind College Companies Company Google Here High High School High School And College Knew Mountain Move Other Out Out Here People Read Right School Silicon Silicon Valley Sites Some Them Valley View Wanted Websites Were Whether Work You

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I'm the type of manager who doesn't really like the word 'manage.' Nor do I really like the word 'boss.' I like to look at myself as more as a leader.

~Alan Schaaf

Topics: Boss Leader Like Look Manage Manager More Myself Nor Really Type Who Word

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Imgur is all about images, some of which may be photos but don't have to be.

~Alan Schaaf

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Honestly, I could care less about business development.

~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

Topics: Bring Building Community Concerned Continue Developing Experience Good Grow Help Long More Much Tools Traffic User Users Will

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We want people on the Internet to go to Imgur for their viral image fix. And what's so awesome about images vs. videos is that instant gratification.

~Alan Schaaf

Topics: About Awesome Fix Go Gratification Image Images Instant Instant Gratification Internet People Videos Viral Want

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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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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: October 21st, 1987

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