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Who is David Vermeulen and what is Inner Circle?
No sketchy pickup artist moves needed. And speaking of integrity and authenticity, we have a pretty great special guest for this episode. My guest today is David Vermeulen. David is the founder and CEO of Inner Circle. a global dating app for ambitious singles, just like you, seeking real connections. He launched it over a decade ago in Amsterdam, and now Inner Circle has grown to have more than 2.5 million members. It's in 30 countries, more than 30 countries, and it's in cities like New York, London, and Paris. And the cool thing about it is that Inner Circle is not just a swiping app, quote-unquote. It taps into members' lifestyles, and... and who they are as people, because David is about believing that the real magic happens offline, not on a dating app. And the other thing that's cool about the app, and we're going to talk about this a lot, is Inner Circle also hosts exclusive events in real life
so that like-minded people can meet and mingle so check out their instagram at inner circle co for a peek into their events in their community you can also go to their website about dot the inner circle dot co david welcome to the how to get a girlfriend podcast thanks for having me connell really exciting to be on your podcast your intro is so long we might need to do two parts Part one for your intro, part two for the rest of it. But yeah, I'm really excited to talk to you because I don't have very many podcast people on my, I should say, dating app experts on my podcast because I don't like a lot of them. But what I love about Inner Circle is that you are helping men and women solve some very common relatable problems.
Like the problem that you had back in the day, you were struggling, as I understand it, with things like bad dates or just not finding the kind of women who shared your interest back in the early, maybe circa 2011, 2012. Talk a little bit about the dating problems you were struggling with and how that led to you beginning Inner Circle.
What inspired the creation of Inner Circle?
Yes, well everything starts with a company with the problem you personally have and at that moment in 2012 I was single, I was living in London And it was for me difficult to meet somebody at work, but also in the pub with the English women were not really approachable. So I thought, let's give it a try online. At that moment, it was only websites. There was no Tinder launched yet. Well, at least it didn't have the big breakthrough. So I was going on different websites. But I mean, if you looked at the pictures, it was most of the times too good to be true. And if it's too good to be true... It's too good to be true. And also the names like Butterfly69. I mean, it was really difficult to actually find a normal, to have a normal chat conversation. And it took me hours.
How does Inner Circle ensure profile authenticity?
And then in the end, you went on the actual date and it was not as a success. So I thought I want to create something that actually I will use. and who do I want to meet and that was for me like the big the big turn around like I want to meet somebody that in my inner circle that is like me like minded somebody that shares the same lifestyle same values and how can I do that and that was the beginning of first the website and later on the app Do you have a first date horror story? Or just the pattern that you saw where you were, I don't know, matching with or communicating with women and maybe they weren't the right age or the right type. Did you have your moment where you said, okay, I need a different dating app?
Yeah, there's quite some horror stories you have to go through and you learn. For example, in my opinion, you should not chat too long and go offline relatively soon because the magic happens in real life. But if you are chatting with somebody, you're going to draw a picture of how this person looks like. And that's based on the photos.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Who is David Vermeulen and what is Inner Circle?
0:30–2:40
2
What inspired the creation of Inner Circle?
2:40–3:42
3
How does Inner Circle ensure profile authenticity?
3:42–7:05
4
Why are in-person events crucial for dating success?
7:05–9:14
5
What strategies can introverts use to meet women offline?
9:14–12:19
6
What success stories have emerged from Inner Circle?
12:19–17:40
7
How does Inner Circle differ from other dating apps?
17:40–39:51
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