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Opinion
Sean Rad: Bumble is elitist and its women-first model hurts women
“Bumble. Is elitist. Why, you know, women go first. Women have all the control. Why? Who are, you know, like that, that is a, I actually, I'm not even sure that's good for women.”
Sean Rad Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 41:31 Sean Rad: Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | E1199 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Opinion
Arison: Tinder and Bumble dramatically underinvested in user experience
“And they've dramatically under invested in the user experience which is, I think why they're suffering so much. And it's not just Tinder. It's also Bumble, but basically happened. I think with those products is they had a hit, right? Like I had a thing that wo…”
George Arison Dec 4, 2024 ▶ 12:58 George Arison, Grindr CEO: How Grindr Built a Free Flow Cash Machine | E1234 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Insight
Wolfe Herd: Having children makes executives perform faster and better
“When you have children, you're forced to shift gears. When you get back into work gear, you're actually driving a lot smoother and you're driving a lot faster, and it's actually a much better ride.”
Whitney Wolfe Herd Aug 26, 2022 ▶ 25:55 20VC: Bumble's Whitney Wolfe Herd on How The Best Leaders Manage Intense Pressure, How To Think Through Risk vs Reward Frameworks & What it Truly Means to Listen so Your Teams Will Talk
Insight
Wolfe Herd: Vocal Twitter critics rarely represent a product's majority user base
“Usually the most vocal people are not the masses. So you get like the Twitter people who are like, you screwed this up and you have to do this way and you need to do it that way. But then when you actually run the deeper analysis, there's like three people tha…”
Whitney Wolfe Herd Aug 26, 2022 ▶ 10:16 20VC: Bumble's Whitney Wolfe Herd on How The Best Leaders Manage Intense Pressure, How To Think Through Risk vs Reward Frameworks & What it Truly Means to Listen so Your Teams Will Talk
Insight
Wolfe Herd: Public Tinder fallout eliminated her fear of failure
“What it did was it actually said, Hey, you've got nothing left to lose. Go run as fast as you can. And who gives a whatever about what you do next? Like it's okay. You've got this because your greatest fear of being completely Villainized or laughed at or abus…”
Whitney Wolfe Herd Aug 26, 2022 ▶ 15:50 20VC: Bumble's Whitney Wolfe Herd on How The Best Leaders Manage Intense Pressure, How To Think Through Risk vs Reward Frameworks & What it Truly Means to Listen so Your Teams Will Talk
Opinion
Wolfe Herd: Corrosive digital content is inspiring future Bumble products
“I'm burnt on a lot of the digital content right now, which I would say is actually inspiring a lot of interesting things that we can do in the future at Bumble Inc. I think content has become somewhat corrosive, and that's problematic in my mind.”
Whitney Wolfe Herd Aug 26, 2022 ▶ 29:49 20VC: Bumble's Whitney Wolfe Herd on How The Best Leaders Manage Intense Pressure, How To Think Through Risk vs Reward Frameworks & What it Truly Means to Listen so Your Teams Will Talk
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