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Sam Yagan

American Businessman

Born: Apr 10, 1977

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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

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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

We can watch every time someone looks at a profile. Do they choose to send that person a message? We can look at every message that's sent, and we can determine, was that message replied to or not. Sam Yagan

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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

In an ideal world, we would charge people a $10,000 success fee when they get married or a $5,000 success fee if they enter into a relationship with someone. Unfortunately, that's a little bit hard to track, although someday maybe we'll get around to that. Sam Yagan

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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

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

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I would say the larger the pool you have to select from, the more likely you are to find the most compatible person for you if you have the right algorithms working on your behalf. Sam Yagan

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My friends and the people I know understand that I'm going to ask them what they're doing, how they're dating, who they're dating, where they're going and what they're doing. I'm constantly asking those questions and making sure I'm in touch with the customer. Sam Yagan

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

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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

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

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

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Obviously, there's more to aesthetic appearance than just race, but that is going to be the first thing that someone notices when they look at a picture. Sam Yagan

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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message. Sam Yagan

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People are already on Match and already going to Starbucks on first dates. Sam Yagan

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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

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My OkCupid co-founders are my best friends. We were in each other's weddings. Sam Yagan

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I'm 34 years old. In most jobs, your early 30s to early 40s are your power years. Sam Yagan

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I hated meeting people at bars when I was single because it's all about the looks and the funny line. Sam Yagan

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I have never written a line of commercial code in my life. Nor should I. Sam Yagan

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When people talk about the impact of mobile dating, everyone focuses on real-time meeting - this idea that my pocket will vibrate every time a hot girl walks by. That's important. But it's not transformative. Sam Yagan

I want to see talent and companies and money and entrepreneurs moving to Chicago. Sam Yagan

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