The community site @Reddit, now valued at $6 billion, was founded in Cambridge. It was part of @ycombinator's very first cohort of startups, in 2005. (1/2)
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Here's what
@alexisohanian said a few years back, when I asked him about the earliest days of Reddit. (They were initially rejected from@YCombinator ... and accepted only after they agreed to give up on the initial idea they'd pitched.)pic.twitter.com/qGR286tK1D
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FWIW Jessica didn't fight for them to be in. It was my idea to fund them to work on something new.
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Thanks for adding that detail, Paul.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Yes, I was really sad we didn't fund them because I adored them after our interview. In fact, PG emailed me at work on Monday (I had not quit my job yet) to tell me he'd brought them back in. Hi
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Even more historical detail - love it!
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