One thing matters more than anything else for a dating product, and that is the quantity and quality of the people who use the product. It's really freaking hard to get critical mass. Sam Yagan criticaldatefreak Change image and share on social
Something like a quarter of the founders that have gone through Excelerate and Techstars are women. I'm incredibly proud of that. Sam Yagan exceleratefounderincredibly Change image and share on social
OkCupid has users from 18 to 80 on the site. And we get to observe all of their actions. We get to watch how they use the site, how they interact with other people. Sam Yagan actioninteractobserve Change image and share on social
OKCupid's model is almost entirely based on advertising, which is the way most online media is monetized these days, whether it's the news or whether it's sports, and we think online dating is going to evolve in the exact same way. Sam Yagan advertisebasedate share on social
New Year's Eve to Valentine's Day is our peak season, and in many ways, Valentine's Day is our Christmas. Everybody in the world makes the same three New Year's resolutions: health, career and money, and love. Sam Yagan careerchristmasday share on social
Immigration is the ultimate entrepreneurship. Sam Yagan entrepreneurshipimmigrationultimate Change image and share on social
When you're thinking about building your own online dating profile, especially on OkCupid, you should go through the same steps you're thinking about when you're going out to meet someone new. You want to put your best foot forward. Sam Yagan builddatefoot share on social
I like being part of a big company's executive team. It's fun to stretch other parts of my brain, considering questions like, 'How should we think of acquisitions?' I get to be privy to things that would never come up at a small company. Sam Yagan acquisitionbigbrain share on social
I want to see talent and companies and money and entrepreneurs moving to Chicago. Sam Yagan chicagocompanyentrepreneur Change image and share on social
We think we have the best matching algorithm, we think we have the best members. So why wouldn't we want to just shine the light onto just how our processes work, what the real data are, and let people come to their own conclusions. Sam Yagan algorithmconclusiondatum share on social
