Entrepreneur, activist and reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is adding two more lines to his already-stacked resume. In October, he will become a published author when his book “Without Their Permission” hits stands. This week, his new Web series, “Small Empires,” debuted on the Verge, featuring an energetic Ohanian paying house calls to New York City startups, giving viewers an inside look at the people behind them.

Digiday caught up with Ohanian this week to discuss his latest endeavors and to get his take on a few key issues facing reddit, the hugely popular social news and entertainment site. Excerpts:

You’ve turned yourself into something more than a reddit co-founder. How would you describe yourself today?

I still call myself a startup guy unless I’m randomly meeting strangers at a cocktail party. There, I say that I draw mascots for a living. If you need a mascot, I got you.

Tell us about something under the radar that we should look out for?

Crowdfunding. It’s cutting out historically inefficient gatekeepers and middlemen and hopefully going to get a lot more art into the world that fans and people want to exist.