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How I Built This · October 19, 2020 · 52m
Bumble: Whitney Wolfe Herd
Whitney Wolfe Herd left Tinder amid a sexual harassment lawsuit and public humiliation. Instead of retreating, she built Bumble — a dating app where women make the first move. She became the youngest woman to take a company public.
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Wolfe Herd: after being publicly named in a lawsuit, harassed online, and losing her professional identity, she could have disappeared. Instead she channeled the pain into building something that addressed the exact power imbalance she experienced.
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Wolfe Herd: instead of asking men to behave better on dating apps (willpower), she redesigned the environment: women message first. The product design changed the behavior without requiring anyone to change their character.
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