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Re: Welcome Alexis

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Post by pg » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 8:02 PM UTC

tezza wrote: post #18

"Ambassador to the East" sounded a little like East as in Beijing :: at first, and perhaps only to English ears.

It is deliberately medievally grandiose. It goes with his name.

Re: Welcome Alexis

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Post by pg » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 8:03 PM UTC

charlief wrote: post #17

Will Alexis' ambassadorship include Canadian hubs like Toronto, Montreal, Waterloo, etc at some point?

Come to think of it, that would be a good idea. So probably yes.

Re: Welcome Alexis

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Post by kn0thing » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 8:07 PM UTC

pg wrote: post #21

tezza wrote: post #18

"Ambassador to the East" sounded a little like East as in Beijing :: at first, and perhaps only to English ears.

It is deliberately medievally grandiose. It goes with his name.

Though, I do love travelling...

Re: Welcome Alexis

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Post by kn0thing » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 8:08 PM UTC

charlief wrote: post #17

Will Alexis' ambassadorship include Canadian hubs like Toronto, Montreal, Waterloo, etc at some point?

Steve & I are still recovering from the Toronto reddit meetup (drankkit). Those Waterloo students... wow...

Re: Welcome Alexis

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Post by joedynamite » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 8:18 PM UTC

Lots of good news for us NY folks today.

Re: Welcome Alexis

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Post by charlief » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 8:33 PM UTC

pg wrote: post #22

charlief wrote: post #17

Will Alexis' ambassadorship include Canadian hubs like Toronto, Montreal, Waterloo, etc at some point?

Come to think of it, that would be a good idea. So probably yes.

That is excellent to hear. Startup culture is flourishing here and hopefully holds a lot of promise.

Re: Welcome Alexis

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Post by jasonlbaptiste » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 8:33 PM UTC

clistctrl wrote: post #14

pg wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hadn't thought about it. The main reason we did this now was that we wanted to hire Alexis, and he wanted to live in NYC.

I know there's several of us here in Boston that are excited about this!

Agreed. Alexis should come speak at Hackers and Founders Boston in October re: applying to YC :).

Re: Welcome Alexis

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Post by wealthyox » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 8:37 PM UTC

Welcome.

Re: Welcome Alexis

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Post by jgrahamc » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 8:40 PM UTC

pg wrote: post #11

edanm wrote: post #10

Is YC planning on hiring similar "evangelists" for other places in the world? I'm wondering about Israel, specifically.

I hadn't thought about it. The main reason we did this now was that we wanted to hire Alexis, and he wanted to live in NYC.

When you want an Ambassador to London you know where I am :-)

Having Alexis on board is great. He was great when the whole Digg/Reddit recursion thing went crazy that day. I still have the Reddit sticker on my suitcase that he sent out.

Re: Welcome Alexis

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Post by dzlobin » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 9:37 PM UTC

jasonlbaptiste wrote: post #27

clistctrl wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know there's several of us here in Boston that are excited about this!

Agreed. Alexis should come speak at Hackers and Founders Boston in October re: applying to YC :).

Yes! Maybe the startup bootcamp organizers can snatch him as a speaker as well, or at least at the H&F meetup that evening. I'm officially offering a ride in exchange for some roadtrip company/advice giving