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 $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 college experience.

Many successful entrepreneurs have humble beginnings: Jeff Bezos started Amazon in his garage . Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook in his dorm room , and Steve Jobs built Apple at his parents’ house .

However, for Alexis Ohanian , the start of Reddit all began at table 19 of his local Waffle House .

As a soon-to-be grad

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