Top 51 Quotes by Sam Yagan

About Sam Yagan

These are some quotes by American author Sam Yagan Businessman, who was born on April 10, 1977.

The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.

The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.

Sam Yagan

We've learned a bunch of things; when you send a message to people, keep those messages short. Imagine walking up to a girl in a bar and going into a four-minute speech about how great you are. No one wants to hear that.

Sam Yagan

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.

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

We did some research that showed that the very first word of your message that you send a girl - when we looked at men sending messages to women - the very first word can have a tremendous... can have a very accurate prediction of whether you're going to get a reply.

Sam Yagan

I think of OkCupid as an online bar; a place where singles can go, have fun with each other and in the process hopefully meet new people, some of whom might turn into a romantic relationship.

I think of OkCupid as an online bar; a place where singles can go, have fun with each other and in the process hopefully meet new people, some of whom might turn into a romantic relationship.

Sam Yagan

Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.

Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.

Sam Yagan

One thing that we learned that we published on our blog post is that uniformly, men lie about their height by almost exactly two inches. So if you look at a plot of census bureau data on the distribution of men's heights in the U.S. and you plot men's heights on OKCupid, it is exactly shifted two inches to the left.

Sam Yagan

I remember sitting in on meetings where everyone in the room was twice as old as I was.

I remember sitting in on meetings where everyone in the room was twice as old as I was.

Sam Yagan

Something like a quarter of the founders that have gone through Excelerate and Techstars are women. I'm incredibly proud of that.

Something like a quarter of the founders that have gone through Excelerate and Techstars are women. I'm incredibly proud of that.

Sam Yagan

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

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