Jonathan Badeen

And, uh, we were showing each other our work. Um, and I had showed him the flashcards app and all. And then when we ended up making Tinder, um, We just ended up with an interface that was a stack of cards, and it was serendipitous, basically. I ended up throwing the swipe in there. I would never have come up with it for Tinder because I wasn't trying to solve those problems.

You have a big heart and an X button in there. didn't, you know, didn't need it. But it felt right to put it in there. And we didn't even tell people about it. We weren't trying to be sneaky or anything, really. It was just, it was like, if you figured it out, it's like figuring out, you know, command or control C on your keyboard instead of

You have a big heart and an X button in there. didn't, you know, didn't need it. But it felt right to put it in there. And we didn't even tell people about it. We weren't trying to be sneaky or anything, really. It was just, it was like, if you figured it out, it's like figuring out, you know, command or control C on your keyboard instead of

You have a big heart and an X button in there. didn't, you know, didn't need it. But it felt right to put it in there. And we didn't even tell people about it. We weren't trying to be sneaky or anything, really. It was just, it was like, if you figured it out, it's like figuring out, you know, command or control C on your keyboard instead of

clicking the copy button or something, you know, it's just a keyboard shortcut. And it was, so it was not, it wasn't some big thing that we were like, we're going to change the world with the swipe or whatever.

clicking the copy button or something, you know, it's just a keyboard shortcut. And it was, so it was not, it wasn't some big thing that we were like, we're going to change the world with the swipe or whatever.

clicking the copy button or something, you know, it's just a keyboard shortcut. And it was, so it was not, it wasn't some big thing that we were like, we're going to change the world with the swipe or whatever.

It was, and it was a few months later that we had a college student write in and he said something along the lines of that he and his buddies walking down the street or campus or something like that, that they would say swipe right and swipe left as code about the ladies passing by. Wow.

It was, and it was a few months later that we had a college student write in and he said something along the lines of that he and his buddies walking down the street or campus or something like that, that they would say swipe right and swipe left as code about the ladies passing by. Wow.

It was, and it was a few months later that we had a college student write in and he said something along the lines of that he and his buddies walking down the street or campus or something like that, that they would say swipe right and swipe left as code about the ladies passing by. Wow.

Yeah. And that was the moment where, to me, all of a sudden I was like, oh my God, we tapped into something. And it wasn't long after that where we actually did start including the swipe terminology in our marketing, in our Twitter accounts or Instagram and all of that sort of stuff. And so we started talking about it that way.

Yeah. And that was the moment where, to me, all of a sudden I was like, oh my God, we tapped into something. And it wasn't long after that where we actually did start including the swipe terminology in our marketing, in our Twitter accounts or Instagram and all of that sort of stuff. And so we started talking about it that way.

Yeah. And that was the moment where, to me, all of a sudden I was like, oh my God, we tapped into something. And it wasn't long after that where we actually did start including the swipe terminology in our marketing, in our Twitter accounts or Instagram and all of that sort of stuff. And so we started talking about it that way.

But that was really only in response from it sort of taking a life of its own.

But that was really only in response from it sort of taking a life of its own.

But that was really only in response from it sort of taking a life of its own.

So the shower moment didn't happen, but what kind of the shower where the shower did come in was this like, so I woke up with this epiphany and I go in, I go into the shower and I'm standing there in the shower, like going like, I'm like, does that work? Is that, you know, why hasn't anybody done this before? You know?

So the shower moment didn't happen, but what kind of the shower where the shower did come in was this like, so I woke up with this epiphany and I go in, I go into the shower and I'm standing there in the shower, like going like, I'm like, does that work? Is that, you know, why hasn't anybody done this before? You know?

So the shower moment didn't happen, but what kind of the shower where the shower did come in was this like, so I woke up with this epiphany and I go in, I go into the shower and I'm standing there in the shower, like going like, I'm like, does that work? Is that, you know, why hasn't anybody done this before? You know?

So, so I was like, it was, I was like basically thinking through it, you know, completely in the shower, but there was no fogged up mirror, you know, but.