How two straight guys bought Grindr and made $2B
My First Million13 Loka 2025

How two straight guys bought Grindr and made $2B

Want to build a billion-dollar business? Get the playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/hwg Episode 756 Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Rick Marini and Jeff Bonforte, the private equity guys who flipped Grindr for $2B dollars in 24 months. — Show Notes: (0:00) The story of Grindr (13:34) Private Equity crash course (38:10) Uncle Rick gives advice on what to buy (43:07) Trends to jump on (49:48) Buying lottery tickets (1:03:58) The wisdom of Naval (1:10:48) The emotional adoption curve — Links: • Rick Marini - https://x.com/rmarini • Jeff Bonforte - https://x.com/bonforte • Grindr - https://www.grindr.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

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