David Brown

And that's a much harder problem to solve.

Maybe Whitney Wolfherd can continue to rebuild Bumble.

Maybe the stock will climb back to those great heights of yesteryear.

But maybe the thing that made Bumble work in the first place, that simple, powerful idea, was a singular stroke of insight that can't be replicated.

Unless, that is, a supercomputer manages to figure it out.

We'll see.

For now, happy swiping.

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From Audible Originals, this has been Episode 2, Bumble's Stumble for Business Wars.

A quick note about recreations you've been hearing.

In most cases, we can't know exactly what was said at the time.

Those scenes are dramatizations, but they're based on research.

And if you'd like to read more, we recommend a story titled The Bumble Tumble from The Observer in the UK and the Fortune magazine story titled Whitney Wolf Heard is Back.

I'm your host, David Brown.

Joseph Guinto wrote our story, voice acting by Chloe Elmore.

Our senior producers are Jenny Bloom and Emily Frost.

Our producer is Tristan Donovan of Yellowhand.

Karen Lowe is our producer emeritus.

Our managing producer is Desi Blaylock.