# Ben Lerer

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Real Alpha has cut one moment of Ben Lerer (Managing partner, Lerer Hippeau) talking, from an interview on TBPN published Jan 27, 2026.

- Role: Managing partner, Lerer Hippeau
- About: Founded Group Nine Media and invests in early-stage companies through Lerer Hippeau.
- On X: https://x.com/BenjLerer

## What Ben Lerer said

- [Media companies lose their way when they chase scale](https://realalpha.app/s/media-companies-lose-their-way-when-they-chase-scale/)
  TBPN · Jan 27, 2026 · 7 min
  > “And the way to do it right is to do what you love and stay relatively small and build, like, a real community based thing like you guys are doing.” — Ben Lerer · [1:42:08](https://realalpha.app/v/c4kLgSWUfC8/?t=6128)

## The episode

- [🦞 Moltbot / Clawdbot Creator Peter Steinberger, Palmer Luckey, and more](https://realalpha.app/v/c4kLgSWUfC8/) · TBPN · Jan 27, 2026