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" I remember, when we were starting Tinder, we were like, 'We're going to be the next Instagram!' I remember sending my parents emails being like, 'We got 300 members!' "

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" I cannot compare and contrast Tinder and Bumble directly, but I will say that we have a very impressive, forward-thinking user base. "

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" How does a queen bee behave? However she wants to. But please don't wait for someone to hold the door open for you when your own arms work perfectly fine - do it yourself. "

" If you truly want to find a meaningful relationship, you've got to find yourself first and learn to be confident in your own skin. Don't sacrifice anything about who you are to be with someone. That's setting yourself up for failure. "

" I'm a pretty private person. I live in Texas, and I like my small network. "

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" Online, I would never friend a random cute guy on Facebook or start liking his pictures on Instagram - even if I had a crush on him. But with Tinder, it's like following or friending each other at the same time. The risk of revealing your feelings is removed. "

" Have a dream, chase it down, jump over every single hurdle, and run through fire and ice to get there. "

" Now, women are expected to be equal to men in so many capacities - financially, career-wise, in education - yet the one disconnect was, and is, with relationships. "

" Life is about perspective and how you look at something... ultimately, you have to zoom out. "

" Books such as 'The Rules' and 'He's Just Not That Into You' need to go out of the window. "

" Usually, it's men who run these big monster companies, and girl companies are usually much smaller - it's like an unwritten tech-industry stigma. "

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" When you're setting up your dating profile, choose the photos according to who you are today. A variety of recent shots that are a true representation of your character. "

" The men who use Bumble appreciate a confident woman, a woman who has a voice. A lot of men suffer from insecurity and fear rejection, too. Bumble removes that fear, as they don't have to make the first move, so it benefits both men and women. "

" I think that a big shame of how women are approached in business is they're oftentimes looked to for perspective and not implementation. "

" When I first got started in this whole world of online connecting, we were combating this antiquated stereotype of who used online dating, and we really set out to make it popular with millennials. What I find to be so fascinating now is, I'm seeing an inverse in that trend. "

" Be genuine. Put out what you want to receive; that's the same for real life and Tinder. "

" Bumble really sets the stage for an empowered and modern way to connect, which educated and forward-thinking groups of people have really gravitated to. "

" Honestly, I'd rather hug than shake hands. I don't know where those hands have been! "

" My best advice for a new Tinder user is don't just start swiping left or right. Take a moment and really evaluate everyone's photos before you say 'yes' or 'no.' Sometimes people don't know what they are doing when choosing photos. "

" Failure's a marker of success in its own right because you went out and tried something... If you really don't want to fail, go find a comfortable chair and stay there. Just don't go out and do anything. "

" In our digital age, the Golden Rule is not enforced online. "

" My biggest struggle being a woman in the workforce has not only been with my mother, my grandmother, and a lot of my girlfriends. When I'm working late hours, I'm almost punished for it by them. It's almost absurd that I would prioritize work over catching up with my girlfriends. If I were a man, that would just come second nature. "

" We have all been there: we see that gorgeous person across the room, and we want to go and speak to them so badly. However, the 'rules' of society mean we usually don't end up doing it, despite our friends' best efforts to convince us to. Time for a change. Be empowered and say hi! It's proven that people really like it when you take initiative. "

" I am a firm believer that the only person who can make you feel inferior is yourself. "

" Who asks who out on the date? Who's supposed to pay for dinner? Who chooses where you go? Both partners should be involved in these discussions. If we want to be treated as equals, don't put yourself in a position where you set yourself up to not be equal. "

" Anyone can replicate a product. There are lots of brilliant minds out there that know how to code, but there's unique DNA to a brand. You cannot have a brand without people. That is the most important asset you will ever have. "

" If we want to create change, we all have to be feminists - men, women, everyone needs to acknowledge that. Sometimes I have more in common with the man than I do the woman in the room. "

" I realized that there's a big world, and really, the only way you can make a critical impact on something greater than your own little world is through technology. "

" I am a huge advocate for anti-bullying in our youth. What I have seen with the rise of social media is that children are not facing bullying on a playground, they are facing it on their cell phones. "

" Being able to put your blinders on, ignore negative opinions, and follow your strong intuition is what's validating to me. It's a great feeling to know you can trust your gut. "

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" It's an epidemic. Instead of socialising and having proper conversations, we're staring at pictures of models in bikinis and wondering how they look like that. It's like self-loathing. "