How to Get a Girlfriend with Connell Barrett
Do Women on Tinder Ignore You? The Man Who Invented Swiping Reveals How to Finally Get Matches (with Tinder’s Jonathan Badeen)
08 May 2025
Back in the day, Jonathan Badeen was an introvert struggling to meet women and get dates. (Sound familiar?) So he did what any guy would do—he co-founded Tinder, invented swiping, and changed dating (and the world) forever. In this encore episode of “How to Get a Girlfriend,” Badeen joins host and dating coach Connell Barrett to help you finally get quality matches on the apps.In this episode, Jonathan and Connell discuss:5:59: Why Tinder is for More than Just Hookups19:26: The Aha Moment when Jonathan Came Up with Swiping22:49: Why Authenticity is What Women Want—on Tinder and in Real Life31:57: The Real Reason You’re Not Getting Good Matches35:35: The Myth that “Dating Apps Just Don’t Work”39:29: How to Inject Fun into Your profile to Get Women Messaging You First41:15: How Shy Guys and “Nerds” Can Win on the Apps52:21: Why Jonathan Would Swipe Right on Minnie MouseListen now for wisdom from the man who changed dating—and finally land great Tinder dates!FOR A FREE STRATEGY CALL WITH CONNELL TO FIND OUT IF DATING COACHING IS RIGHT FOR YOU:http://www.datingtransformation.comWANT A FREE COPY OF CONNELL’S NO. 1 AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK, “DATING SUCKS BUT YOU DON’T”? EMAIL CONNELL AND WRITE “FREE BOOK” IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND YOU’LL GET IT INSTANTLY:[email protected]
Full Episode
Welcome back to the How to Get a Girlfriend podcast. It's me, dating coach Conal Barrett, your podcast dating coach. I'm here to help you get more dates, get a great girlfriend, get really good at flirting, basically find love, and do it by being authentic. Authenticity, baby. And today's episode is really special.
I have an interview with the most influential person I've ever talked to on this podcast. Actually, probably the most influential person I've ever interviewed in my life. Well, okay, close second. I did once interview the current president of the United States. I have a story about that that I'll share on a future episode.
But the second most influential person I've ever spoken to is on today's episode. Jonathan Badin co-founded Tinder. And he also invented right swiping, swiping right, swiping left, the dating apps, the way we use the dating apps, I should say. It all is because of Jonathan Badin. He's brilliant. He changed the world.
And he's also, as you're about to find out, a really good guy, just a regular, relatable guy. And I was surprised when I first met him online on this interview because I went into this thinking, okay, the guy who co-founded Tinder invented right swiping. He's going to be like a character from Succession. He's going to be like Ari from Entourage. He's going to be arrogant, loud. Oh, my God.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Jonathan is just a regular good guy who back in the day was struggling with dating. He created Tinder or co-created it because he was struggling to get dates. He was kind of nervous. He's introverted. He struggled on dates and struggled to meet women. So he said, I need to find a new way to meet women. And that's how Tinder was founded essentially.
It was created because of his need for love and for dating success. Boy, does that sound familiar to you? It sure did sound familiar to me when I interviewed Jonathan. So I'm really proud of this episode. Jonathan is, in my opinion, he's a genius. He's also just brilliant and bright and fun. And he's got some really good dating tips in this episode.
He talks about the truth about whether or not the algorithm can mess up your profile and mess up your results on Tinder. He's got some dating advice. And you're about to hear a real... insightful and the most influential person in the history of the dating industry at minimum. So get ready to listen to Jonathan Badin. And this episode ran a few months back, back in January, I believe.
But I think I got lost in the shuffle of a lot of other episodes I was posting. So I wanted to repost this episode because it's worth it. I'm really proud of this. This might be my favorite interview I've done in all of my episodes. So get ready to enjoy Jonathan Badin with some Tinder tips to help you finally get some success on the dating apps.
Because I'll bet that you are, like a lot of guys, the majority of men do not have success on Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble. Actually, a large majority of men have never had a date in real life from the dating apps, I should say. And so if that's you as well, then you need some help, right?
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