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Dropout CEO Sam Reich on business, comedy, and keeping culture weird

Dropout CEO Sam Reich on business, comedy, and keeping culture weird

Update: 2025-09-22
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Guest host Hank Green talks with his friend Dropout CEO Sam Reich about keeping a business simple, trying to run a company the “right way,” and why the internet should be full of as many weird little projects as possible.

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How CollegeHumor reinvented itself for the new internet age | People




CollegeHumor shaped online comedy. What went wrong? [2020] | Wired




‘I believe in this enough to try to do it myself’ [2020] | Digiday




Jacob Wysocki needed a minute to process that Game Changer | Vulture




Game Changer smartly weaponizes its online following | Mashable




Vimeo CEO Philip Moyer is betting on the human touch | Decoder




Vimeo to be acquired by Bending Spoons for $1.38B | The Verge




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Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright. 

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.


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Dropout CEO Sam Reich on business, comedy, and keeping culture weird

Dropout CEO Sam Reich on business, comedy, and keeping culture weird