Rad: Real-world community experience startups will see rapid consumer adoption
Sean Rad · Tinder’s Founder on Becoming a Billionaire, Tinder’s #1 Mistake, and Free Speech · Oct 8, 2024 · at 1:42:31
Tinder co-founder Sean Rad discusses investment areas he is actively looking to back during an interview with Codie Sanchez.
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“I think businesses that are creating experiences in the real world for us to come together are very good ideas because we talked about this. I think more than ever we are craving experiences Real world experiences with friends and that space hasn't really been disrupted. Of course, we have our museums, we have our restaurants, but I think that we haven't sort of reached the point of creativity and imagination on all the different circumstances and reasons we can come together. So I think businesses that are creating community are going to be adopted very quickly.”
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