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you weren't bad at dating apps.
you were the business model.
my conversation with @Celesteamadon, the founder building the alternative.
Nontechnical, Episode 2.
02:30 Why dating apps aren't built for you
05:22 "Single until they raised their series B"
06:19 "I think it's a hiring problem"
08:39 The AI excuse dating apps hide behind
11:08 "Did you match yourself?"
17:47 Dating apps are a bag of Lay's
21:02 Always go on the second date
23:09 "They haven't dated since I was born"
24:05 Setting up her mom's Hinge from the office bathroom floor
25:54 The lamp theory
28:40 "Is the goal to kill Hinge?"
30:06 Where are young men getting rejected?
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Gen Z dating app CEO @Celesteamadon on some of her competitors: "They haven't dated since I was born."
Gen Z dating app CEO @Celesteamadon on some of her competitors: "They haven't dated since I was born."
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It's hard for female dating apps to understand what the bottom 80 percent of men go through on dating apps. Don't get me started on match tho, everything they touch is poison
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Dating app CEO @Celesteamadon had to stop her own mom from writing a paragraph intro on Hinge:
Dating app CEO @Celesteamadon had to stop her own mom from writing a paragraph intro on Hinge:
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you weren't bad at dating apps.
you were the business model.
my conversation with @Celesteamadon, the founder building the alternative.
Nontechnical, Episode 2.
02:30 Why dating apps aren't built for you
05:22 "Single until they raised their series B"
06:19 "I think it's a hiring problem"
08:39 The AI excuse dating apps hide behind
11:08 "Did you match yourself?"
17:47 Dating apps are a bag of Lay's
21:02 Always go on the second date
23:09 "They haven't dated since I was born"
24:05 Setting up her mom's Hinge from the office bathroom floor
25:54 The lamp theory
28:40 "Is the goal to kill Hinge?"
30:06 Where are young men getting rejected?
She wanted an investor intro.
She ended up dating the guy.
@akcushman on why she still meets people offline.
Her family lost everything when she was 13.
So she picked a career she thought a crash couldn’t take away.
@akcushman
She stole ice cream money at 10.
Her punishment? A presentation on corporate fraud. In front of her entire family.
@akcushman
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He said he’d invest.
Then asked her to come to his hotel at 10 PM.
@akcushman’s wildest investor story.
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“I get coffee with my colleagues. I don’t want to get coffee with you.”
@akcushman makes the case for dinner on the first date.
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She can change her own tire. If you sit in the car and watch, you’re done.
@akcushman’s test has nothing to do with your net worth.
She can change her own tire. If you sit in the car and watch, you’re done.
@akcushman’s test has nothing to do with your net worth.
“I get coffee with my colleagues. I don’t want to get coffee with you.”
@akcushman makes the case for dinner on the first date.
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She let her parents screen guys on Hinge. Then the internet lost it.
My conversation with @akcushman on dating, money, and founder life.
Nontechnical, Episode 1. Full conversation.
02:31 Her parents review Hinge profiles
07:25 Would she date a man with a lower net worth?
08:44 Dating a billionaire
10:20 "I won't date a project manager at Jira"
16:59 Her family lost everything in 2008
19:39 Fundraising as a female founder
26:15 Building a human internet
30:03 Can AI girlfriends replace real connection?
42:31 Her advice for planning a first date
46:30 How she screens Hinge profiles
49:08 Why she doesn't believe in soulmates
He said he’d invest.
Then asked her to come to his hotel at 10 PM.
@akcushman’s wildest investor story.
She let her parents screen guys on Hinge. Then the internet lost it.
My conversation with @akcushman on dating, money, and founder life.
Nontechnical, Episode 1. Full conversation.
02:31 Her parents review Hinge profiles
07:25 Would she date a man with a lower net worth?
08:44 Dating a billionaire
10:20 "I won't date a project manager at Jira"
16:59 Her family lost everything in 2008
19:39 Fundraising as a female founder
26:15 Building a human internet
30:03 Can AI girlfriends replace real connection?
42:31 Her advice for planning a first date
46:30 How she screens Hinge profiles
49:08 Why she doesn't believe in soulmates