How to Create True Community: A Conversation with Reddit's VP of Community | Laura Nestler

This talk was recorded at CMX Summit 2022: Thrive
Laura Nestler, VP of Community at Reddit, sits down with Derek Anderson, Co-founder & CEO of Bevy and Startup Grind for this in-depth discussion at CMX Summit 2022: Thrive.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Laura Nestler
VP of Community
Reddit
Laura Nestler is the VP of Community at Reddit where she leads the Community Operations team and is responsible for driving Reddit’s international community strategy and development, and growing the team into a global organization. Laura is a global leader with a 15-year track record of building strategic, high-impact teams and scalable community systems at growth-stage startups. Nestler joined Reddit from Duolingo, where she served as Global Head of Community, working across product, marketing, and strategy to develop vibrant and authentic community products and programs. Prior to Duolingo, Nestler spent nine years at Yelp, where she was instrumental in crafting the original community growth playbook before moving to London (UK) and Sydney (AUS) for seven years to drive Yelp’s international expansion.
MODERATOR:
Derek Anderson
Bevy / Startup Grind
Co-founder & CEO
For the past 15 years Derek has been building communities. He is the Co-founder/CEO of Bevy, a SaaS product that helps companies like Salesforce, Atlassian, Google, Snowflake, and Adobe build virtual and in-person communities. He co-founded Startup Grind, a community of 600 Chapters in 125 countries educating, inspiring, and connecting startup people. Since 2012, Startup Grind has hosted 15,000 events for more than 500,000 people. In 2010, he co-founded Commonred which was acquired by Income.com. Derek also previously worked as a product manager at Electronic Arts. He currently lives in Palo Alto, CA with his wife and four children.
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[@pjstewart3486]

This doesn't age well for Laura and Reddit

[@thomasav]

Haven't been on Reddit since the start of the protest. Don't plan on returning. Congrats on building community, Laura. 🙄

[@evil-wombat]

Yeah best of luck with all that.

[@brentcarlson1833]

Very well-said - thank you for representing us so well, Laura!

[@igano111]

lol