How I Built This with Guy Raz Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
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Aug 31, 2017 
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The Pivotal Spring Break
- During spring break, they attended Paul Graham's lecture at Harvard.
- This led to a pivotal meeting where Graham initially rejected their idea but later offered to invest if they changed it.
Reddit's Genesis
- After Paul Graham's suggestion, they brainstormed and created Reddit, aiming to combine the user-submitted content of Delicious with the strong community of Slashdot.
- Paul Graham coined the phrase "front page of the internet."
Early Days and Launch
- In Reddit's early days, the founders fabricated user accounts to populate the platform.
- Paul Graham unexpectedly launched Reddit by linking to it in an essay.