In today’s episode, we are joined by Elie Seidman. Elie is the interim CEO of Fast Growing Trees where he is leading the scale up. Elie is the former CEO of Tinder where he led Tinder’s hyper growth scale-up and internationalization with revenue growth from $350M/year to $1.3B/year. Prior to Tinder, he was the CEO of OkCupid where he led a turnaround - focused on reinventing the product and brand. Elie also sponsored and co-led Match Group’s acquisition of Hinge. 

Before OkCupid and Tinder, Mr. Seidman was an entrepreneur for 15 years. In 2007, he founded Oyster, an online travel business acquired by TripAdvisor in late 2013. At the start of his career, Elie was the co-founder and CEO of Epana, a telecom and money remittance business that he led through hyper growth. 

He is a member of the Advisory Board of Cove Hill Partners, L.P., a private equity fund. He has previously served as an advisor at both General Atlantic Partners and Lime Rock Partners. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University.

Elie received his BSE in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an active supporter of Penn’s school of engineering where he has lectured on entrepreneurship and leadership. 

In this episode, we discuss Elie’s biggest learnings from his time at Fast Growing Trees, the keys to Tinder’s fast growth, Elie’s philosophy on consumer marketing, and how Elie was able to make Tinder an international brand. Stick around to the end to hear Elie’s advice for young people who want to be successful in business. 

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