Sean Rad

We had the entire executive team. I don't talk about it, but since you know the story, I'll say, I don't know how you sound now, by the way. We try not to talk about this. But there was one point where... The entire executive team, unbeknownst to me, went to the board and basically said, if Sean doesn't come back in the CEO role, we're all quitting. I found that very flattering.

We had the entire executive team. I don't talk about it, but since you know the story, I'll say, I don't know how you sound now, by the way. We try not to talk about this. But there was one point where... The entire executive team, unbeknownst to me, went to the board and basically said, if Sean doesn't come back in the CEO role, we're all quitting. I found that very flattering.

We had the entire executive team. I don't talk about it, but since you know the story, I'll say, I don't know how you sound now, by the way. We try not to talk about this. But there was one point where... The entire executive team, unbeknownst to me, went to the board and basically said, if Sean doesn't come back in the CEO role, we're all quitting. I found that very flattering.

I think definitely like a crazy moment for me personally. The translation, what I took away was that the team was saying that product management and engineering isn't everything. The other parts of the organization equally matter. In fact, every part of the organization equally matters.

I think definitely like a crazy moment for me personally. The translation, what I took away was that the team was saying that product management and engineering isn't everything. The other parts of the organization equally matter. In fact, every part of the organization equally matters.

I think definitely like a crazy moment for me personally. The translation, what I took away was that the team was saying that product management and engineering isn't everything. The other parts of the organization equally matter. In fact, every part of the organization equally matters.

And maybe it was a mistake on my part to say, I'm gonna maybe play favorites and give a little more love to this part of the organization and as a leader outsource another part of the organization. And I think the truth is that the learning that I had is everything matters equally. You know, unfortunately, the team didn't come tell me that.

And maybe it was a mistake on my part to say, I'm gonna maybe play favorites and give a little more love to this part of the organization and as a leader outsource another part of the organization. And I think the truth is that the learning that I had is everything matters equally. You know, unfortunately, the team didn't come tell me that.

And maybe it was a mistake on my part to say, I'm gonna maybe play favorites and give a little more love to this part of the organization and as a leader outsource another part of the organization. And I think the truth is that the learning that I had is everything matters equally. You know, unfortunately, the team didn't come tell me that.

They sort of just threw up their hand and said, come back or we quit.

They sort of just threw up their hand and said, come back or we quit.

They sort of just threw up their hand and said, come back or we quit.

Yeah. So international expansion was one of the hardest things because, first of all, building a global organization is not easy. Building a global team and making people in another country feel like they are part of the team, even though the executive team isn't there, you know, sitting with them.

Yeah. So international expansion was one of the hardest things because, first of all, building a global organization is not easy. Building a global team and making people in another country feel like they are part of the team, even though the executive team isn't there, you know, sitting with them.

Yeah. So international expansion was one of the hardest things because, first of all, building a global organization is not easy. Building a global team and making people in another country feel like they are part of the team, even though the executive team isn't there, you know, sitting with them.

That's not an easy thing, but it was particularly difficult around the Tinder product because in the beginning, in the early days, we thought localization meant that the language of the app had to adapt to the language of the user.

That's not an easy thing, but it was particularly difficult around the Tinder product because in the beginning, in the early days, we thought localization meant that the language of the app had to adapt to the language of the user.

That's not an easy thing, but it was particularly difficult around the Tinder product because in the beginning, in the early days, we thought localization meant that the language of the app had to adapt to the language of the user.

But localization is much more than that because particularly around social human connection and relationships, there are cultural differences in everywhere in the world, which means the product had to adapt. to meet those cultural differences, which means Tinder was slightly different as a product in every country, which means we had many product organizations servicing the same core product.

But localization is much more than that because particularly around social human connection and relationships, there are cultural differences in everywhere in the world, which means the product had to adapt. to meet those cultural differences, which means Tinder was slightly different as a product in every country, which means we had many product organizations servicing the same core product.