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Sean Rad

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483 total appearances

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

My whole life was building companies, trying to make money, getting to the point that I wanted to be. And then when I got there, I was kind of like, okay, now what? Who am I? What do I do with my time? And I could do anything with my time. So what is meaningful? And that requires you to look inward and really self-explore.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

Or you can look outward and replace it with a bunch of noise and shit that actually distracts you from answering that question of meaning. In a sense, that's why I say, you know, kind of getting what you want can create the next challenge. Life is a journey of challenges. There's never, you're never going to get to the end of the road. Yeah. I think I'll just buy the Bugatti.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

Or you can look outward and replace it with a bunch of noise and shit that actually distracts you from answering that question of meaning. In a sense, that's why I say, you know, kind of getting what you want can create the next challenge. Life is a journey of challenges. There's never, you're never going to get to the end of the road. Yeah. I think I'll just buy the Bugatti.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

Or you can look outward and replace it with a bunch of noise and shit that actually distracts you from answering that question of meaning. In a sense, that's why I say, you know, kind of getting what you want can create the next challenge. Life is a journey of challenges. There's never, you're never going to get to the end of the road. Yeah. I think I'll just buy the Bugatti.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

You'll buy the Bugatti, you'll enjoy it for two weeks, and then you'll get over.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

You'll buy the Bugatti, you'll enjoy it for two weeks, and then you'll get over.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

You'll buy the Bugatti, you'll enjoy it for two weeks, and then you'll get over.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

I've done both. So I have a family office where we've invested in over a hundred different companies and funds. And I enjoy that because it, it allows me to meet other great entrepreneurs and to give back, to mentor, to learn myself. But at heart, I'm a builder. I'm a problem solver. That's what gets me up in the morning.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

I've done both. So I have a family office where we've invested in over a hundred different companies and funds. And I enjoy that because it, it allows me to meet other great entrepreneurs and to give back, to mentor, to learn myself. But at heart, I'm a builder. I'm a problem solver. That's what gets me up in the morning.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

I've done both. So I have a family office where we've invested in over a hundred different companies and funds. And I enjoy that because it, it allows me to meet other great entrepreneurs and to give back, to mentor, to learn myself. But at heart, I'm a builder. I'm a problem solver. That's what gets me up in the morning.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

I don't talk about it because I don't want to, I've started four companies since Tinder, but I just kind of purpose. I think I kind of learned like it's a little easier to build without a lot of attention. Post-success, do you have a lot more leverage? Anyone who has accumulated experience and wealth also accumulates freedom and leverage, no matter at what stage.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

I don't talk about it because I don't want to, I've started four companies since Tinder, but I just kind of purpose. I think I kind of learned like it's a little easier to build without a lot of attention. Post-success, do you have a lot more leverage? Anyone who has accumulated experience and wealth also accumulates freedom and leverage, no matter at what stage.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

I don't talk about it because I don't want to, I've started four companies since Tinder, but I just kind of purpose. I think I kind of learned like it's a little easier to build without a lot of attention. Post-success, do you have a lot more leverage? Anyone who has accumulated experience and wealth also accumulates freedom and leverage, no matter at what stage.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

So of course, I would say I have more options. I can think bigger.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

So of course, I would say I have more options. I can think bigger.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

So of course, I would say I have more options. I can think bigger.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

Yes. I think it's a really rewarding position to be in because I can focus on strategy and trust others to run the business. It doesn't mean that I don't come in and get detailed and help in the areas where maybe I'm the best person to do something, but I've found a lot of meaning in building. So I'm not going to stop building.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

Yes. I think it's a really rewarding position to be in because I can focus on strategy and trust others to run the business. It doesn't mean that I don't come in and get detailed and help in the areas where maybe I'm the best person to do something, but I've found a lot of meaning in building. So I'm not going to stop building.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

Yes. I think it's a really rewarding position to be in because I can focus on strategy and trust others to run the business. It doesn't mean that I don't come in and get detailed and help in the areas where maybe I'm the best person to do something, but I've found a lot of meaning in building. So I'm not going to stop building.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

Investing is hard and it's a full-time job. Investing requires a lot of discipline. It requires you to really experiment, understand what works for you. you know, at a certain point you have to build an organization. It's like building a company, carries all the challenges of building a company.