I wish I could just copy paste the section from my book, but it happened because word spread about reddit and how well we were doing (this started right around when Steve + I got back from Google in Nov 05 and turned down their acqui-hire offer) and the head of Biz Dev from CondeNet reached out to me via a mutual friend. He proposed we work on a project together (lipstick.com) and this ultimately led to acquisition talks.
- Why did Alexis leave Reddit originally, and why did he come back?
Our contracts were up Halloween 2009 and I stayed on for a few more months to get things in place and wrap up some things before leaving to go volunteer in Armenia with Kiva for a few months. Needed to get away from SF and connect with my roots.
I was on the board when Yishan made his sudden departure and ultimately came back because the timing was right + reddit needed the help. Reddit means so much to me and it was really hard watching it struggle.
I wish I could just copy paste the section from my book, but it happened because word spread about reddit and how well we were doing (this started right around when Steve + I got back from Google in Nov 05 and turned down their acqui-hire offer) and the head of Biz Dev from CondeNet reached out to me via a mutual friend. He proposed we work on a project together (lipstick.com) and this ultimately led to acquisition talks.
- Why did Alexis leave Reddit originally, and why did he come back?
Our contracts were up Halloween 2009 and I stayed on for a few more months to get things in place and wrap up some things before leaving to go volunteer in Armenia with Kiva for a few months. Needed to get away from SF and connect with my roots.
I was on the board when Yishan made his sudden departure and ultimately came back because the timing was right + reddit needed the help. Reddit means so much to me and it was really hard watching it struggle.