Show Notes

The global online dating market is expected to reach $11B USD by 2028. With websites like Match.com and eHarmony and apps like Tinder and Hinge, today’s singles have the world at their fingertips. But back when Hinge was in its infancy, founder Justin McLeod was rejected by investors. Then users. Then the Apple app store. Then Vanity Fair magazine. Before becoming one of the leading dating apps in North America and the most-mentioned dating app in the New York Times wedding section.

Major sources for this episode include:
1) Inc – The Hail Mary Pass That Saved Hinge from Failure
2) Wired – Dating App Hinge Raises $12 Million to Be the Anti-Tinder
3) Vanity Fair – Tinder and the Dawn of the “Dating Apocalypse”
4) New York Times – When Cupid is a Prying Journalist
5) How I Built This – Hinge: Justin McLeod
6) The Guardian: ‘People are looking for something more serious’: the Hinge CEO on the pandemic dating boom
7) The Founder Hour – Justin McLeod: Hinge

From the creators of Under the Influence:
Executive Producer & Co-Host: Terry O’Reilly
Writer & Host: Sidney O’Reilly
Research: Allison Pinches
Director: Callie O’Reilly
Supervising Producer: Debbie O’Reilly
Engineer: Geoff Devine
Theme music: Ian Lefeuvre & Ari Posner

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