Find Your Next Date By Swiping Memes? Vidya Madhavan – Founder of Schmooze

<p>Okay if you’re still single, and not finding any luck on Tinder or Bumble, this is the episode for you 😜 &nbsp;</p> <p>Today we'll be chatting with Vidya Madhavan, a Stanford student that’s building Schmooze, a new dating app that allows you to find your next match not through looks or copy and pasted pickup lines, but by swiping memes! They have their own humor-based matching algorithm and have now created more than 100,000 matches.</p> <p>If you want to see our meme game Schmooze or Snooze, head over to watch this episode on <a href="https://youtu.be/rMvcwiIQpwo">YouTube</a>!</p> <p>For more highlights and takeaways, follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seed_startupjourney">Instagram</a>!</p> <p>Magic Portal:</p> <p>(00:00) – Intro</p> <p>(00:43) – Vidya &amp; Schmooze</p> <p>(01:47) – Meme officers</p> <p>(03:58) – Origin story – cold email to marriage??</p> <p>(06:18) – Successful matches</p> <p>(07:11) – Unexpected challenges</p> <p>(09:06) – Convincing investors to invest in meme-based dating</p> <p>(11:21) – Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs</p> <p>(14:29) – Best advice ever received</p> <p>(15:52) – Takeaways</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/the-seed-startup-journey/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/the-seed-startup-journey/support</a>