Lanzone: Tinder neglected consumer-facing feature innovation before his arrival
Jim Lanzone · Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone: The Yahoo Turnaround Plan | 20VC #911 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jul 29, 2022 · at 16:29
Jim Lanzone, CEO of Yahoo and former CEO of Tinder, reflects on Tinder's product development focus before introducing major video initiatives.
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“Tinder hadn't evolved in quite a long time on the consumer front. They'd done a lot on the business model front. But they had not, you know, you being a big subscriber, but on the consumer feature side, not a ton.”
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