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		notatoad on May 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Inter... The story I heard was that Alexis and Steve went to PG together with a somewhat different idea, and PG suggested that they make reddit instead. Steve was the coder, and Alexis was the community manager - a fairly important job when the business is to build an online community.

kn0thing on May 30, 2012 [–]

Yep. Just like in the story. Steve built reddit, I doodled the logo and did the non-tech stuff.

duaneb on May 30, 2012 | [–]

What did that entail in the early days? I only showed up a month or two before comments did and the community was already rolling at that point.

kn0thing on May 30, 2012 | | [–]

http://spencerfry.com/whats-a-non-programmer-to-do

http://generalassemb.ly/start/fundamentals-of-entrepreneursh...

Oh, and ordering groceries and mocking up all kinds of zany product ideas.

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