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Wolfe Herd: I didn't invent Tinder, but marketing earned my co-founder title
“So Tinder was not my idea. I've never said it was my idea ever. I became a co-founder of Tinder via my marketing contributions and my early involvement in getting it launched and getting it out there.”
McLeod: Hinge became practically identical to Tinder through feature copying
“You know, we were very focused on our competition, and our competition released a feature, and we released a feature, and yeah, they became very, very similar in their appearance, and we were still friends of friends, and so we had this different vibe, but pra…”
McLeod: IAC owning Tinder made Hinge the only viable dating startup investment
“Tinder was exploding, and no one could invest in Tinder, because it was owned by IAC. And so the only place that people could put their money as a competitor to Tinder at the time was basically us.”
Wolfe Herd: Lack of online accountability fuels relentless digital harassment
“The problem was the lack of online accountability that human beings are exposed to every single day, and what it made me realize was that
You know, whatever I felt was going on online, this is what goes on on a thirteen-year-old's phone all day, every day.”
Wolfe Herd: Dating Apps Had Never Successfully Marketed to Millennials Before Tinder
“Where we went in a very unique direction was marketing it to millennials, and I just don't think that had ever been done in a successful way.”
Wolfe Herd: I did not originate the idea for Tinder
“So Tinder was not my idea. I've never said it was my idea ever. I became a co-founder of Tinder via my marketing contributions and my early involvement in getting it launched and getting it out there.”
Wolfe Herd: You can kill confidence, but you cannot kill drive
“What I had realized was you can't kill ambition. You can kill confidence, but you can't kill drive.”