The Pioneer
The frontier and an appetite for the unknown, goes first.
Whitney Wolfe Herd exemplifies The Pioneer, a leader who builds new territory rather than competing on established terms. After co-founding Tinder and departing amid public conflict, she channeled that experience into Bumble, inverting dating app conventions by requiring women to make the first move.
“So I really, really, really try. I've fallen off the wagon a little bit, not to lie, you know, obviously we all go through these ups and downs. When I'm in my best routine, I'm waking up at 5.30. Saying my morning Mantras, prayers, my meditation.”
“Seeking love. I think that's what we're all doing as human beings. You know, we are all on this quest to be loved, to be wanted, to be validated, to be needed. And we all have our own wounds. You know, like we were just saying, like each and every one of us has some inner wound of feeling unloved or not worthy of love.”
“I didn't even know which way was up or down. I think I'd postpart him depression, which I didn't know what that was. And I felt guilty for having it because I was like, oh, I have childcare. And, you know, my baby's healthy.”
“She did a say I had a good eyebrow. So, no, but she said I deserved it. I deserve the end. She's amazing. She's maybe the coolest person I've ever met in my life. And I just. Know to have such a force of nature like that in my life is this person that's now the grandmother to my children is such a gift.”
The Interview: “Dating Apps Are Broken. Bumble's CEO on What Comes Next. | Whitney Wolfe Herd | The Interview”
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