Top 99 Whitney Wolfe Herd Quotes

Sometimes it’s good to remember who you are outside of work.

Our users have a relationship with our brand and are demanding more and more Bumble content, and we’re committed to delivering that content with a team that’s as talented as they are passionate about our mission.

I realized that that Golden Rule does not exist online. You are not held to that same standard as when there is a teacher in the room or someone monitoring behavior.

We need to eliminate hate speech. We need to do our part to really engineer kindness on our digital platforms.

When I left Tinder, I had no intention of getting back into the dating industry. What I ultimately wanted to do was start this contagious complimentary social network, where kindness was at the helm.

What I have found is that the best way to unwind is cooking. You only have two hands. If you are chopping veggies, you are forcing yourself to put the phone down or step away from the computer. It’s extremely relaxing.

Women need to support other women, and we must ensure we are providing women with opportunities that allow them to reach their full potential.

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.

If I outline Prince Charming, I could end up with someone with no chemistry. I don’t believe in trying to calculate one type of chemistry via algorithm, but I do think you need to do as much as you possibly can.

The biggest lesson I’ve learned is that hurt people hurt people, and kindness is just as contagious. So if you can focus your efforts on engineering kindness, it will prevail.

Don’t let something hurtful in your past hold you back from what you want to do. Be brave.

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

Are we solving the world’s problems by allowing women to make the first move on a dating app? No. But I do believe we are helping to change some very archaic norms.

Everyone in the dating business wants to know what women want – it’s the billion-dollar question. But it’s simple: put one in charge, and you find out.

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.

The beauty of Bumble and this world of online connecting is it gives you access. Going down to the bar, what is your access? What is the access you’re gaining there? Really, only a few people.

I think it’s smart to always keep an eye on the companies that sit within incubator communities, which bring together the skills and expertise needed to grow an enterprise.

I would pay good money for a British accent.

Bumble is the perfect fit for New Zealand, a country that has always been a world leader when putting women first.

I actually don’t think about Tinder.

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.

I didn’t really understand the concept of feminism until the media started to talk about it surrounding my name.

When you can look at failure and say, ‘What is the worst case scenario,’ it’s not as bad as it seems.

We always need friends. And I think we come out of these highly social environments with university, college, wherever we were, and getting to a new city could be daunting. It can be lonely, and it’s almost easier to find a date than it is to find a friend.

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 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.

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.

If people are telling you that they don’t believe what you’re doing, that means you’re doing something out of their comfort zone. And generally, people don’t want to be taken out of their comfort zone because it’s outside of the status quo.

I want to go to every corner of the Earth where women are and make sure that every single woman on this planet knows that you should make the first move, it’s OK to make the first move. They are equal, and they should be empowered.

Networking is extremely masculine. It’s a vulnerable thing to admit to, but even I experience feeling super insecure around certain masculine meetings. So, we put women in control. Women will make the first move on Bumble Bizz as well.

The most successful apps have taken a societal problem and built an accessible and democratic solution.

Love, friendship, networking – these are all critical connections and the foundation of a healthy, happy life.

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.

The power lunch is no longer just for men. We all deserve a seat at the table.

I knew I was ambitious; I knew I was passionate and that I wanted to change the world in some shape or form, but I had no idea what that might look like.

I think we are the first feminist or first attempt at a feminist dating app.

I worked all day, every day. I thought about Tinder in the shower and dreamed about it at night. It wasn’t just my job – it was my life.

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

Often, the best jobs come out of just meeting people and letting one thing lead to another.

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.

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.

I’m going to be honest. Up until I started work on Bumble, the ‘f-word’ scared me. People would ask me if I was a feminist, and I didn’t know how to respond. The word seemed to put guys off, but now I realise, who cares?

There were dozens of dating apps when Bumble came on the scene, but they weren’t able to attract critical mass in a young professional group.

You have to accept people for who they are. You can guide. You can give people chances. But you cannot hold on to people in fear that you are bad because you can’t keep everyone you’ve hired.

I just hope that more women realize that if your gut tells you you’re doing a good job, you’re doing a good job.

Life is a lot more fun with good, positive people around you.

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.

After graduating in International Relations in 2011, I turned down safe, corporate job offers and instead accepted a position at an ‘incubator’ in L.A. – a tech word for a team of people who are funded by investors to create apps. I knew the future was digital and that I had to take a risk.

I’m obsessed with Topo Chico.

I guarantee that if you threw 100 people into a room, the first three questions they would ask each other are: ‘Where did you grow up?,’ ‘Where did you go to school?’ and ‘What do you do for a living?’ Most people on Bumble are looking for a life partner, and those things have a huge impact on compatibility.

I think so many women allow themselves to be defined by somebody else’s narrative.

If I could police every other social platform in the world, I would.

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

I was always extremely creative. I was very artistic and never strong with numbers or science. I wanted to be an artist or a fashion designer. I wanted to be something that allowed for a lot of imagination.

I always felt that, for me, as a woman, I always had to wait around. In all other arenas, I was ambitious and a go-getter, but when it came to dating, I wasn’t supposed to go after what I wanted.

Bumble is about equality. We are reverse-engineering traditional societal norms.

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?

I know in the business world, some women won’t speak if there are men in meetings for fear of being seen as too assertive.