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Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman

How I Built This · 31 Aug 2017 · 52m

What this episode covers

Reddit co-founders Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian recount the company's journey from a college project to a $1.8 billion valuation, detailing their pivot from a mobile menu app to Reddit after a rejection by Y Combinator. They discuss the early days of coding and user acquisition, the emotional toll of selling to Condé Nast, and the subsequent rift in their friendship that required therapy to repair. The founders also address the 2015 moderator protests and the challenge of managing toxic content and trolls on a platform with 300 million monthly users.

Most relevant to

founders before launch and companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Y Combinator, Condé Nast, Hit Monk
Products
Reddit, Snoo, Delicious, Slashdot, Digg
Also
Paul Graham, SOPA, PIPA, Serena Williams

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