Whitney Wolfe Herd Quotes

If I outline Prince Charming, I could end up with someone with no chemistry. I don't believe in trying to calculate one type of chemistry via algorithm, but I do think you need to do as much as you possibly can.

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I don't believe revenge is part of my agenda. I'm a firm believer that, just like hate spreads hate, love and kindness spread love and kindness.

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Bumble is the perfect fit for New Zealand, a country that has always been a world leader when putting women first.

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I was 24 when I was embroiled in a high-profile lawsuit. This was 2014, long before, en masse and on social media, we said #MeToo and #TimesUp. At the time, I felt completely alone. Visceral, hateful online harassment from strangers left me paranoid and anxious for years afterward.

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If people are telling you that they don't believe what you're doing, that means you're doing something out of their comfort zone. And generally, people don't want to be taken out of their comfort zone because it's outside of the status quo.

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If you're doing anything disruptive, and if you know it to be good and true and progressive, let the naysayers fuel you to work harder and go faster and sleep less.

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Never before has a major professional sports team partnered in this way with a female-driven brand like Bumble. It's an honor to partner with an organization as progressive and compassionate as the Clippers. Like us, they know generating awareness for diversity and gender equality is critical to business success.

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Being solicited on LinkedIn is a real thing that happens.

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I always felt that, for me, as a woman, I always had to wait around. In all other arenas, I was ambitious and a go-getter, but when it came to dating, I wasn't supposed to go after what I wanted.

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Although it is tempting to describe the conduct of Tinder's senior executives as 'frat-like,' it was, in fact, much worse - representing the worst of the misogynist, alpha-male stereotype too often associated with technology startups.

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Hate speech, racism, and bigotry are intolerable realities that we must all come together to take action against.

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I was tired of a system where women waited around for men to send them a message or ask them out. With Bumble - first a dating app, now a social network that helps you make empowering connections in love, life, and business - women had to make the first move, or the match was void.

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Everyone deals with trauma differently, and recovery is always a work in progress. But courage is contagious, and the more that people stand up and speak out against misogyny, the faster we can create the kind of world where we won't have to.

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The biggest lesson I've learned is that hurt people hurt people, and kindness is just as contagious. So if you can focus your efforts on engineering kindness, it will prevail.

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From its conception, I wanted Bumble's culture to match its values. If women were taking charge on our app, then they'd be running the show behind the scenes, too.

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We encourage failure among young men; we celebrate it... It's a badge of honour for a man. Yet attach those same words and experiences to a woman, and society writes her off.

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After the launch of Bumble Date, users were starting to connect as friends, so we decided to launch BFF. When I was using BFF, I matched with someone who I then went on to hire at Bumble HQ. From there, I thought, why not create a platform for women to build business connections and advance their careers.

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We always need friends. And I think we come out of these highly social environments with university, college, wherever we were, and getting to a new city could be daunting. It can be lonely, and it's almost easier to find a date than it is to find a friend.

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The implication that women are poised to make unfounded accusations in droves is even more alarming when every piece of data on false reporting contradicts that false notion. We need to believe women and believe in women.

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I think so many women allow themselves to be defined by somebody else's narrative.

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I have been sexist before. I have called girls names. I have gone with the misogynist flow.

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The women at all levels of the entertainment industry - from interns to Oscar winners - who kept quiet to protect their careers should be a lesson to every CEO and HR department.

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I know in the business world, some women won't speak if there are men in meetings for fear of being seen as too assertive.

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The most successful apps have taken a societal problem and built an accessible and democratic solution.

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Bumble is about equality. We are reverse-engineering traditional societal norms.

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Harass someone on Bumble, and you're banned for life. Harsh? Maybe. But I feel strongly that we won't end misogyny until we start holding each other to higher standards, and that starts with setting clear boundaries and enforcing them.

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I'm 27, and I have no idea what I am doing half the time. I am just trying the best I can, and I think that speaks to a lot of other women out there.

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We applaud any company making business decisions that empower women.

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Amassing a user base is a lot harder than one might think.

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I was paralyzed for so long by people's opinions. I would be devastated to the point where I didn't know if I could make it through the day.

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I personally can tell you that all my girlfriends - and many women I've spoken to - have this fear of being perceived as desperate or forward when they want to approach a man. It was always, 'He must text you first' - but why?

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I don't know why the leaders of social networks have overlooked the idea of rules. Real-life behavior is becoming more reflective of social media instead of vice versa, and that's a dangerous thing.

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I am a huge advocate for anti-bullying in our youth. What I have seen with the rise of social media is that children are not facing bullying on a playground: they are facing it on their cell phones.

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I had seen a lot of bullying on social media. If this is happening to me, who only a few people are paying attention to, what happens to somebody who is on a bigger scale?

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I run a dating site, but I will gladly tell someone, 'Do not date someone if it's not right.' And don't settle. This settling thing is insane. I've literally had to force friends out of relationships because they want to be married by a certain age, so they just date these guys that are not right for them.

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Bumble gives men a chance to take a step back and not be the macho aggressor that they may not want to be but were socialized to be. We think it makes for a better and more peaceful environment for everyone.

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I always wanted to have a scenario where the guy didn't have my number, but I had his. What if women make the first move, send the first message? And if they don't, the match disappears after 24 hours, like in Cinderella, the pumpkin and the carriage? It'd be symbolic of a Sadie Hawkins dance - going after it, girls ask first.

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I've run into women who can be highly problematic, detrimental, and mean, just like I've seen that in men.

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Bumble is all about community and safe, empowered connections, and the Hive represents a natural extension of our brand and our values. We love that we've given people an opportunity to connect digitally, and the Hive allows us and our users to take that to the next level in a space where connections can come to life in person.

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We need to eliminate hate speech. We need to do our part to really engineer kindness on our digital platforms.

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Life's so much based on instincts and quick decisions, and people don't know what they're looking for.

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I knew I was ambitious; I knew I was passionate and that I wanted to change the world in some shape or form, but I had no idea what that might look like.

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I'm suffering from the worst anxiety. I wake up reeling from panic at 4 A.M.

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Don't let something hurtful in your past hold you back from what you want to do. Be brave.

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I realized that that Golden Rule does not exist online. You are not held to that same standard as when there is a teacher in the room or someone monitoring behavior.

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In Italy, they say rain on your wedding day is symbolic of fresh beginnings, cleansing, a pure marriage, and also a wet knot that can't be untied.

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I'm so proud of the community we've been able to bring together, and the notion of women making the first move is no longer taboo; it's no longer a scarlet letter to have a voice.

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I would pay good money for a British accent.

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It's really important to note that Bumble VIBee isn't about weeding anyone out of the equation. Everyone is still allowed to use Bumble. If you're an active, engaging user, we reward you with VIBee status, and you can stand out in the app.

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If I could police every other social platform in the world, I would.

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Saks helps to empower women through how they look and feel - and Bumble wants to give all women a platform to connect with other empowered women, whether that's in dating, friendship, or business.

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Companies must put infrastructure in place to support their female employees and ensure that they receive the benefits of male and female leadership.

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Bumble is a connecting company. It's your place to find connections, whatever that may be.

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The dynamic of how women and men are meant to interact, for those of us who are looking for a heterosexual relationship, is very broken, and it leads to a lot of really dysfunctional relationships, abusive and otherwise.

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Networking is extremely masculine. It's a vulnerable thing to admit to, but even I experience feeling super insecure around certain masculine meetings. So, we put women in control. Women will make the first move on Bumble Bizz as well.

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I'd read a lot about the psychology around rejection and insecurity, and I had noticed that when people feel insecure or rejected, they behave aggressively, erratically. Especially when you can hide behind a screen name or a profile picture.

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Love, friendship, networking - these are all critical connections and the foundation of a healthy, happy life.

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Bumble was founded with several key values: empowerment, equality, and kindness. We are a company that was built to empower women and empower men to respect women. We want to create a place where all types of connections take place: a platform and a brand where women always make the first move.

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Our users have a relationship with our brand and are demanding more and more Bumble content, and we're committed to delivering that content with a team that's as talented as they are passionate about our mission.

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There were dozens of dating apps when Bumble came on the scene, but they weren't able to attract critical mass in a young professional group.

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So many entrepreneurs approach me and say, 'I want to start the next big thing,' and I say, 'Well, what are you solving?' And oftentimes they say, 'Oh, I'm not sure. I want to start something big.' You can never start something big without solving something small, right?

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Often, the best jobs come out of just meeting people and letting one thing lead to another.

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I think it's smart to always keep an eye on the companies that sit within incubator communities, which bring together the skills and expertise needed to grow an enterprise.

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I think we are the first feminist or first attempt at a feminist dating app.

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Once a week, someone tells me to toughen up, get a sharper edge. I don't do that.

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Women need to support other women, and we must ensure we are providing women with opportunities that allow them to reach their full potential.

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Bullies will attack your confidence, but you cannot let them kill your ambition.

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I've thought long and hard about this, and I think a lot of the dysfunction around dating has to do with men having the control.

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I always found it bizarre or strange that there was this unwritten set of rules around how a woman could interact with a man in terms of starting a conversation. While a man traditionally is always expected to make the first move, he risks rejection in a real way.

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Are we solving the world's problems by allowing women to make the first move on a dating app? No. But I do believe we are helping to change some very archaic norms.

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You know what I will do sometimes? I'll let my phone die... and I will say, 'You know what, I'm not lying, my phone died.'

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Candidly, I've noticed that throughout my career, whether in offices that are majority male or majority female, the men are quick to advocate for themselves for a higher starting salary or more pay bumps over time.

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I didn't really understand the concept of feminism until the media started to talk about it surrounding my name.

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Feminism wasn't really at the top of my vocabulary. I think what's been interesting for me - let me say this delicately - when I've been surrounded by men who don't believe women are equal, I didn't think women were equal, including myself.

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As we all know, sexism in the workplace is a serious issue. It's something that needs active disruption and change.

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I believe in taking people away from their desks and making them feel collaborative and inspire one another instead of being siloed.

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We will always put our values before our bottom line.

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I think, traditionally, power is perceived as something that belongs to men and is an excuse to behave in a disempowered way.

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I am a firm believer that the only person who can make you feel inferior is yourself.

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If I want to make the first move, I want to go after something in my life, I should be able to do that without shame, guilt, or blame.

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When women fight for a higher salary, they can often feel guilty. When men fight for more pay, they feel empowered. I've always wanted to encourage women to go after the money they deserve.

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I want to go to every corner of the Earth where women are and make sure that every single woman on this planet knows that you should make the first move, it's OK to make the first move. They are equal, and they should be empowered.

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The power lunch is no longer just for men. We all deserve a seat at the table.

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Women will always control the experience on Bumble.

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I'm the most fortunate woman in the world - I have a platform, which doesn't just reach 10 people.

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I just don't harbor resentment toward anything or anywhere or anyone - I'm too busy.

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I always tell young women that they have a right to own their opinion, to speak up, and to make the first move.

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I'm so tired of this notion that women only need to support women. Why can't we all support each other?

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Every woman in this world is allowed to define themselves how they want.

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As long as you know that you're doing the right thing, do not care about what other people think about you.

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I will say that you can't live your life with any regrets.

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Life is a lot more fun with good, positive people around you.

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