About 10,000 people a day go on first dates from Match... We're trying to celebrate that, bring those success stories to the forefront and make it even easier in our product to meet up at Starbucks. Sam Yagan 000bringcelebrate Change image and share on social
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 conversationlifelive Change image and share on social
My OkCupid co-founders are my best friends. We were in each other's weddings. Sam Yagan founderfriendokcupid Change image and share on social
I have never written a line of commercial code in my life. Nor should I. Sam Yagan codecommerciallife Change image and share on social
My work involves online dating, but I believe almost every behavior exhibited online has an offline corollary. Really, the medium doesn't change human nature. Sam Yagan behaviorchangecorollary Change image and share on social
Your goal in an online dating profile and in your first message to somebody is to strike up a conversation. Sam Yagan conversationdategoal Change image and share on social
I hope that the movie industry will learn from the experiences of the music industry and will be much more constructive in their approach to P2P. Sam Yagan approachconstructiveexperience Change image and share on social
Our entire brand is about transparency. We want that data out there because you know what? If you are only getting one in three messages replied to, you're normal. You're right there in the middle of everything with everyone else. Sam Yagan branddatumentire share on social
There are over a million people running around the United States that were born to parents just on Match.com alone, to say nothing of the other properties we run, so that's a million lives that our company just had a little to do with in bringing their parents together. Sam Yagan bearbringcompany 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