First Time Founders with Ed Elson – The Story of Reddit

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Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Live from YPO’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Ed sits down with Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman. They discuss the company’s IPO journey, his unique approach to investor relations, and how Reddit navigates the complex world of content moderation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this episode comes exclusively from Mercury, the fintech used by over 200,000 companies to simplify their finances.
0:07.3	We talk a lot on this show about the journey from great idea to profitable product.
0:11.8	Later in this episode, we'll hear from first-time founder alum and CEO of Rogo, Gabe Stengel,
0:17.4	about how Mercury was the banking solution he needed in the early days of his company.
0:21.6	Mercury can simplify your finances so you can focus on more exciting things like scaling your
0:25.8	business. Learn more at Mercury.com. It takes just minutes to get started. Mercury, banking that
0:31.7	does more. Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided
0:36.0	by Choice Financial Group,
0:41.0	column NA, and Evolve Bank and Trust, members FDIC.
0:49.0	Thank you, brother.
0:52.7	Hey, how's it going? Good to see everyone.
0:55.0	Thank you all for being here. And thank you to YPO for putting this on.
0:59.0	I think we're recording right now.
1:01.0	So just so you all know, this is a live podcast recording as we speak.
1:05.0	It's really great to be here.
1:08.0	I want to thank the Global Entrepreneurship Summit for putting this on.
1:11.5	Thank you to the Palace Hotel for making this all possible.
1:15.9	I'm just going to bust right into it because I have one hour and I want to get as much as I can
1:20.6	out of the man who's about to walk on the stage here. And we're going to start with just a little
1:24.3	introduction, which is something we usually do on this podcast. So in 2005, my next guest had a simple idea to create an online bulletin board where anyone
1:34.0	could share links, ideas and conversations.
1:36.5	He was 21 years old at the time.
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