Justin McLeod is the CEO and founder of the dating app Hinge, which has over 20 million users and sets up a date every 3 seconds. 00:00 Intro 02:16 My Addiction & Going to Rehab 05:27 12 Step Programme for Addiction 07:45 How My Love Experiences Influenced My Entrepreneurial Journey 12:31 Founding Hinge 15:55 How Do We Know Which Ideas to Go After? 19:00 When Did the App Form? 23:44 Tinder and How It Impacted Hinge 27:37 The Interview That Changed My Life 34:23 The New Era for Hinge 37:05 How to Be Successful on Hinge 39:05 What Is Hinge Labs? 43:00 The Worst Things to Do in Dating Apps 44:12 Advice for People Going on Loads Of Dates 47:39 Dating Apps Want People to Stay Single to Have More Customers… 49:32 How Has the Dating World Changed in the Last Few Years? 50:40 Hinge First Principles 51:57 The Importance of Taking Risks 01:00:47 How to Have Great Company Culture 01:17:25 Biggest Hiring Mistakes 01:19:51 What the Future of Dating Apps Looks Like 01:21:42 The Last Guest Question Are you ready to think like a CEO? Gain access to the 100 CEOs newsletter here: ⁠https://bit.ly/100-ceos-newsletter Get tickets to The Business & Life Speaking Tour: https://stevenbartlett.com/tour/ Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Sponsors: Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb WHOOP: https://join.whoop.com/en-uk/CEO