Harnessing Reddit’s Startup Mentality with Skee Yagi and Georgina Lai

Thriving Globally with Equity

From Shareworks by Morgan Stanley, this is Thriving Globally with Equity: A podcast following companies as they break into global markets.

On today’s episode, two of Reddit’s finest: Director of Finance, Skee Yagi and Head of Equity, Georgina Lai, share with us their experience working at a fast-growing global tech company which, in many ways, still feels like a startup, and the challenges and satisfactions they’ve encountered with the implementation of Reddit’s equity plans. Listen and learn more about the fascinating company that is Reddit and how the Internet’s front page shares the pie with their global employees.

Jump straight into:

(00:38) - Reddit’s scrappy beginnings and their 2015 revival - “So in 2015, really small team, not that much investment. But since then it's been the process of super rapid growth, bringing people who have experience and hunger.”

(02:54) - Arriving at Silicon Docks and Equity 101 for Dubliners - “I think that that's important for employees to understand. If you have skin in the game and you're going to work hard for the company and make it bigger and better.”

(06:16) - Getting everyone invested - “Our employees are pretty enthusiastic about their equity for a private company. The number of exercises we see is higher than that of what I've seen at other private companies.”

Resources

Connect with Skee and Georgina through LinkedIn

Check out Reddit’s website (if you’re not a fan already)

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Thriving Globally with Equity is a production from Shareworks by Morgan Stanley, written by David Vallance from Campfire Labs, narrated by Mercy Lee Bell, with additional production and editing by StudioPod Media.