![]() I will admit that all day to both our team and to external sources that we are not perfect, but we are trying. Is that a risk that you’re worried about?Īs long as we keep a very healthy sense of self-awareness and commitment to improvement and recognize we’re not perfect-we call that out, right? We admit that. That’s been a big conversation over the past year or so for women-led companies. Speaking of your mission-oriented approach, in your IPO prospectus, you flagged the possibility that you could be held to a higher standard than other businesses as a potential risk. I think they’re excited about the opportunity to engage on both the brand and the product and technology, but also the evolution of our mission and our movement. Historically, a lot of the dating products that have come before us have been really focused on product and haven’t really extended beyond that. I think they’re really excited about the differentiated approach of putting women in the driver’s seat-but also that, for the first time ever in the dating category, there’s a company that is really focused on building a brand and a mission and a movement around the product. ![]() What is exciting investors about this IPO? Do investors care about the distinguishing factors you describe in your prospectus-that Bumble is built to serve women or that you have a high rate of women as paying users for the industry? Your IPO was priced well above the initial range you set out. But it’s quite ironic, given we’re a company here to bring people closer together, even when they aren’t physically in the same room together. I’m just honored and humbled to be able to do it with a team that was able to tune in from around the globe. This is not the year any of us could have imagined. Was this the moment you imagined, ringing the bell from your office, not from the Nasdaq floor?
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