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" Bumble is a connecting company. It's your place to find connections, whatever that may be. "
Whitney Wolfe Herd
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" I always tell young women that they have a right to own their opinion, to speak up, and to make the first move. "
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" Life is a lot more fun with good, positive people around you. "
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" I personally can tell you that all my girlfriends - and many women I've spoken to - have this fear of being perceived as desperate or forward when they want to approach a man. It was always, 'He must text you first' - but why? "
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" I will say that you can't live your life with any regrets. "
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" I was paralyzed for so long by people's opinions. I would be devastated to the point where I didn't know if I could make it through the day. "
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" Companies must put infrastructure in place to support their female employees and ensure that they receive the benefits of male and female leadership. "
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" Women need to support other women, and we must ensure we are providing women with opportunities that allow them to reach their full potential. "
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" Bumble is all about community and safe, empowered connections, and the Hive represents a natural extension of our brand and our values. We love that we've given people an opportunity to connect digitally, and the Hive allows us and our users to take that to the next level in a space where connections can come to life in person. "
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" I would pay good money for a British accent. "
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" I was tired of a system where women waited around for men to send them a message or ask them out. With Bumble - first a dating app, now a social network that helps you make empowering connections in love, life, and business - women had to make the first move, or the match was void. "
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Women
Tired
" If I want to make the first move, I want to go after something in my life, I should be able to do that without shame, guilt, or blame. "
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" Once a week, someone tells me to toughen up, get a sharper edge. I don't do that. "
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Edge
" You know what I will do sometimes? I'll let my phone die... and I will say, 'You know what, I'm not lying, my phone died.' "
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" Bumble is the perfect fit for New Zealand, a country that has always been a world leader when putting women first. "
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" When women fight for a higher salary, they can often feel guilty. When men fight for more pay, they feel empowered. I've always wanted to encourage women to go after the money they deserve. "
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" Hashtags are powerful, but they aren't powerful enough. "
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" We encourage failure among young men; we celebrate it... It's a badge of honour for a man. Yet attach those same words and experiences to a woman, and society writes her off. "
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" I'm kind of in my own world. "
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" From its conception, I wanted Bumble's culture to match its values. If women were taking charge on our app, then they'd be running the show behind the scenes, too. "
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" I don't know why the leaders of social networks have overlooked the idea of rules. Real-life behavior is becoming more reflective of social media instead of vice versa, and that's a dangerous thing. "
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" We will always put our values before our bottom line. "
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" I've thought long and hard about this, and I think a lot of the dysfunction around dating has to do with men having the control. "
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" I don't believe revenge is part of my agenda. I'm a firm believer that, just like hate spreads hate, love and kindness spread love and kindness. "
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" I always found it bizarre or strange that there was this unwritten set of rules around how a woman could interact with a man in terms of starting a conversation. While a man traditionally is always expected to make the first move, he risks rejection in a real way. "
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" As long as you know that you're doing the right thing, do not care about what other people think about you. "
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" So many entrepreneurs approach me and say, 'I want to start the next big thing,' and I say, 'Well, what are you solving?' And oftentimes they say, 'Oh, I'm not sure. I want to start something big.' You can never start something big without solving something small, right? "
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" Sometimes it's good to remember who you are outside of work. "
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You
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Sometimes
" I always wanted to have a scenario where the guy didn't have my number, but I had his. What if women make the first move, send the first message? And if they don't, the match disappears after 24 hours, like in Cinderella, the pumpkin and the carriage? It'd be symbolic of a Sadie Hawkins dance - going after it, girls ask first. "
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