Digg Migration Created Reddit
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Shaan tells a story about how Reddit originally gained its user base from a competitor's misstep.
"Reddit started because the popular forum site of the day, Digg, made this big update and everybody hated it. Digg said 'screw you guys, this is better' and they said 'see you' and went to this little site called Reddit. That's how Reddit became what it is - Digg fumbled the ball, released this anti-user update, and the users left.
This is particularly relevant because Reddit may have forgotten their own origin story as they now face similar user protests over their API changes."
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.