EPISODE · Nov 29, 2015 · 54 MIN
#8: Inside Match, Tinder, & OKCupid with CEO Sam Yagan [Full Episode]
from Collective Wisdom For Tech Startups · host Founder Collective
Today we’re going to talk to Sam Yagan, the CEO of the newly-public Match Group. Match is a dating conglomerate that combines Match, OkCupid, Tinder, and Plenty of Fish under one banner. The company just went public raising over $400 Million dollars on the back of over a billion Tinder swipes. In this episode we’ll learn how to handle negative PR better than a bad breakup, how to learn to love churn, and why founding a dating startup is harder than dating itself. Follow Founder Collective on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcollective Subscribe to our Newsletter: http://bit.ly/cwitnewsletter Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Photo Credit: http://bit.ly/1lnhEMT
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Today we’re going to talk to Sam Yagan, the CEO of the newly-public Match Group. Match is a dating conglomerate that combines Match, OkCupid, Tinder, and Plenty of Fish under one banner. The company just went public raising over $400 Million dollars on the back of over a billion Tinder swipes. In this episode we’ll learn how to handle negative PR better than a bad breakup, how to learn to love churn, and why founding a dating startup is harder than dating itself. Follow Founder Collective on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcollective Subscribe to our Newsletter: http://bit.ly/cwitnewsletter Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Photo Credit: http://bit.ly/1lnhEMT
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