Jonathan Badeen

It was like I didn't care so much anymore about is this the one or whatever. It's like all I care about is going out, having a drink or something, meeting this person, and if it works out great, awesome. If it doesn't, I'll go out with somebody tomorrow or next week. It's no big deal. And to the point where it kind of flipped.

So in the future, a lot of times the women I'd go out with would be the ones who were more nervous, and I was the one who was just chill because it was not a big deal to me at that point. Because you finally had options. Yeah, and I wasn't there to hook up or anything. I wasn't putting my entire future into that night.

So in the future, a lot of times the women I'd go out with would be the ones who were more nervous, and I was the one who was just chill because it was not a big deal to me at that point. Because you finally had options. Yeah, and I wasn't there to hook up or anything. I wasn't putting my entire future into that night.

So in the future, a lot of times the women I'd go out with would be the ones who were more nervous, and I was the one who was just chill because it was not a big deal to me at that point. Because you finally had options. Yeah, and I wasn't there to hook up or anything. I wasn't putting my entire future into that night.

Yeah, I would say so. I think it's just me being, you know, I think I probably could have got plenty of dates, but I didn't have the confidence or the, you know, just it was me going up and hitting on a girl or something like that was not going to happen generally, which makes it a little hard to, you know, ask somebody out.

Yeah, I would say so. I think it's just me being, you know, I think I probably could have got plenty of dates, but I didn't have the confidence or the, you know, just it was me going up and hitting on a girl or something like that was not going to happen generally, which makes it a little hard to, you know, ask somebody out.

Yeah, I would say so. I think it's just me being, you know, I think I probably could have got plenty of dates, but I didn't have the confidence or the, you know, just it was me going up and hitting on a girl or something like that was not going to happen generally, which makes it a little hard to, you know, ask somebody out.

But I'm much more comfortable in a digital sense, a little bit of protection of a screen between me and a person to take that initiative then.

But I'm much more comfortable in a digital sense, a little bit of protection of a screen between me and a person to take that initiative then.

But I'm much more comfortable in a digital sense, a little bit of protection of a screen between me and a person to take that initiative then.

You know, I wouldn't say that there were any specific stories that led to it. And a lot of the impetus for Tinder was my co-founder had noticed some of the issues with the existing products that were out there. But, you know, I think just generally the troubles I had made me a little bit more open to the idea of trying to create something. You know, because between just...

You know, I wouldn't say that there were any specific stories that led to it. And a lot of the impetus for Tinder was my co-founder had noticed some of the issues with the existing products that were out there. But, you know, I think just generally the troubles I had made me a little bit more open to the idea of trying to create something. You know, because between just...

You know, I wouldn't say that there were any specific stories that led to it. And a lot of the impetus for Tinder was my co-founder had noticed some of the issues with the existing products that were out there. But, you know, I think just generally the troubles I had made me a little bit more open to the idea of trying to create something. You know, because between just...

meeting people in the world or using things that existed back then like Match.com or OkCupid and all. The kinds of things where I'd go out with people where it's very clear that they were just out for me to buy them a meal and essentially ghosting me afterwards and stuff like that. I think that was from Myspace back in the day. But I think to me, I kind of forget about that stuff.

meeting people in the world or using things that existed back then like Match.com or OkCupid and all. The kinds of things where I'd go out with people where it's very clear that they were just out for me to buy them a meal and essentially ghosting me afterwards and stuff like that. I think that was from Myspace back in the day. But I think to me, I kind of forget about that stuff.

meeting people in the world or using things that existed back then like Match.com or OkCupid and all. The kinds of things where I'd go out with people where it's very clear that they were just out for me to buy them a meal and essentially ghosting me afterwards and stuff like that. I think that was from Myspace back in the day. But I think to me, I kind of forget about that stuff.

To me, the most memorable part was just how how absolutely nervous I was. Like I said, I'm not exaggerating about the amount of sweat that I had pouring off of me.

To me, the most memorable part was just how how absolutely nervous I was. Like I said, I'm not exaggerating about the amount of sweat that I had pouring off of me.

To me, the most memorable part was just how how absolutely nervous I was. Like I said, I'm not exaggerating about the amount of sweat that I had pouring off of me.

I think whether those things happened or not, whether that would have deterred Tinder from being created, I don't know, but it sure did make me maybe slightly more motivated to figure out a platform that would work for me a little bit better.