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Bumble: Whitney Wolfe (2017)

How I Built This · 22 Apr 2019 · 41m

What this episode covers

Whitney Wolfe Herd, co-founder of Tinder and founder of Bumble, recounts her journey from a college dropout to launching a billion-dollar dating app. She details the intense cyberbullying and trauma she faced after leaving Tinder, which inspired her to build Bumble with Andrei Andreev of Badoo to create a safer, women-first dating experience. The episode covers Bumble's early growth hacking strategies at SMU, its unique product mechanics, and the challenges of moderating hate speech while scaling to 20 million users.

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early-stage companies

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Companies
Badoo, U.S. Bank, Mobile Vinyl Recorders
Products
Tinder, Bumble, Cardify, Match.com, Instagram

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