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Coffee Meets Bagel co-founder on building the 'anti-Tinder' and turning down Mark Cuban
Arum Kang, co-founder and former longtime CEO of Coffee Meets Bagel, is our guest this week.
She's one of three Korean sisters who, back in 2012, were fed up with how online dating often felt dejecting and demoralizing — especially for women.
Their solution? To create a serious dating app.
From the start, it billed itself as a platform for serious daters, boldly calling the app "the anti-Tinder." This meant that instead of giving users a sea of endless swipes to go through, it sent them just one curated match each day.
Together, the Kangs have turned Coffee Meets Bagel into a household name…
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