David Vermeulen
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And this was, um, first of all, I didn't have the marketing money to make a big boom and I wanted to keep it also like inner circle, the name I wanted to keep it really small. But, um, the moment, um, uh, it became big was actually in the first few months. Um, everybody that signed on inner circle and that's what, something we still do is, uh, we check the profiles to see if they're real genuine.
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And the moment we got bigger and then you know you're onto something, we started to get like crazy profiles that I just described on the other websites. And then you know, okay, if these crazy people also want to be on it, then suddenly you realize this could, you know, this could become big. But at the same time, we decided to stay really, really small and not let anybody in.
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And what you then see is that it really pays off because the people on it were talking to me like this. I've never seen something like this before. I mean, the people on it, they actually respond. They are real intentions. And if people talk about that to you, then you know, okay, this actually works.
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want to match also through shared lifestyle. So we work a little bit different than the other apps, but it's only swiping, swiping. But for example, um, the people in a circle, they love going out, they love food, they share their top restaurants. And then you can also see other people that go to the same places, the same restaurants, uh, people love to travel.
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So you can share, I'm going for example, to LA, uh, these are the dates. And then you can share, is anybody up for a date? People in LA see who's coming to LA and they read that. So it's much more about these shared lifestyles that people connect over. Then it's like, I see picture, like you have a match.
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Yeah, yeah, exactly. And it's like you can swipe, swipe, swipe. And at one moment, it's like there's almost no feeling is like, like, dislike, like, like, dislike, dislike.
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match okay whatever like like and then you type hey and you continue so i i think that um also on inner circle we spent quite some time on creating rich profiles because yeah you have to put a bit of effort if you want to date somebody you have to put effort into it
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And we basically really believe that profiles with good pictures, but also telling about yourself, what do you like, what do you don't like, where do you go out, all these kind of things, that it will make the matching and the conversation starter also much easier.
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Yeah, and what you also notice that you're now on the waiting list. So we have a whole team of screeners checking your profile, looking into it if you're saying who you are. So that's also part of what Inner Circle makes Inner Circle. So we don't want to grow towards the 100 million plus users as a Tinder bumble. That's not who we are. Yeah.
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Exactly. You only need to find one person. Right.
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Exactly, exactly.
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Yeah, so we have a section where you can add your lifestyle. So for example, if you're a runner, but it's not only we ask if you're a runner, but also where do you run? So do you run in Central Park or do you run in a different park? And by going a bit deeper into those lifestyles, because then people see like-minded people because they also love running.
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They also go to the fitness and we don't say, you don't write fitness, but we also ask, okay, so what fitness chain, where do you go? And the fitness chain, it says so much about you. The festivals people are going, not I love music, but which festivals do you love and do you go to?
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And by bringing that into the app, we also see like smaller communities of people that go to certain festivals, connect with each other and before festivals, because they know that they are going as well. So it becomes awesome.
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because dating is one-on-one, but people also, especially also in Brazil, we are really big in Brazil, and there are communities around the Inner Circle app where people also host their own drinks, host wine events, because people love wine and they see it in the app and they contact, I'm doing this in this bar, if you want, you can join.
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Exactly, exactly. That's what it's all about. It's so much easier.
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Yes, well everything starts with a company with the problem you personally have and at that moment in 2012 I was single, I was living in London And it was for me difficult to meet somebody at work, but also in the pub with the English women were not really approachable. So I thought, let's give it a try online. At that moment, it was only websites. There was no Tinder launched yet.
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Well, I would say a law that the person that's on the dating app is also the real person. So a law, if the government finds out or the international justice that the Hague finds out, you will get fined. Because then dating, the stigma of dating would be so much better. So that would be for me like the number one law, like real people.
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Yeah. And on top of that, that's definitely maximum one year old.
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And is it difficult for him then?
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Yeah, and it's like you sell yourself, you oversell yourselves based on your profile and then people meet you in real life. I mean, that's not going to end well.
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Yeah, it's For me, the best dating advice is really take into account that on a first date people are a bit nervous and maybe they laugh a little bit too hard, they are not really comfortable because for them it's also new and exciting and it's a bit scary. I really, really would say give it, try to know the person through these like little crazy things.
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Well, at least it didn't have the big breakthrough. So I was going on different websites. But I mean, if you looked at the pictures, it was most of the times too good to be true. And if it's too good to be true... It's too good to be true. And also the names like Butterfly69. I mean, it was really difficult to actually find a normal, to have a normal chat conversation. And it took me hours.
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And on a second date, I say try to do a second date if you're not sure, because on a second date, people are more relaxed because they already know the person. And it worked for me also. Personally, the second date was a success. The first date was a horror show.
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Yeah, I was nervous. I was talking way too much, hardly listening, and then My girlfriend said, second date, I'm not sure.
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Nice, yeah. This is exactly how it is.
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Yeah, exactly. Give it another go.
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Yeah, that's a good question. Well, it would be something like ambitious, adventurous, and here for real connections. That would be like the first sentence. And also, don't bother if you only want to chat. Don't bother what? If you only want to chat.
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Right. Because as I mentioned, I believe the magic happens in real life. So let's take it offline.
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Oh, definitely, definitely. I mean, we try to encourage people, for example, around the lifestyles, not only say that you are part of this run club or you go running there, but also show it so people can upload the picture.
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and this is what we see this is the true self and this is so authentic instead of you posing like the same poses in every same picture but pictures tell a lot so if you have those pictures you playing a sport you traveling hiking or whatever upload these pictures and it's definitely something other people would like
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Exactly. Yeah, and to be honest, reading is still something that's difficult for people. Everybody looks immediately at the photos also. So, I mean, through the photos you can tell your story.
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And then in the end, you went on the actual date and it was not as a success. So I thought I want to create something that actually I will use.
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Yeah.
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I would say that Thank you. Thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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and who do I want to meet and that was for me like the big the big turn around like I want to meet somebody that in my inner circle that is like me like minded somebody that shares the same lifestyle same values and how can I do that and that was the beginning of first the website and later on the app
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Thank you.
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Yeah, there's quite some horror stories you have to go through and you learn. For example, in my opinion, you should not chat too long and go offline relatively soon because the magic happens in real life. But if you are chatting with somebody, you're going to draw a picture of how this person looks like. And that's based on the photos.
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And basically what I learned is that if you look at the photos, it's always the best four pictures of the last 12 years. So if you think about that, it was not really...
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The quality of the pictures was really not good. And it was also really fishy. So there were also like scammers on all these websites. It was really, really bad experience. People asking for money over the chat. So for me, it was like, oh, my God, this is not what you want. This is not where you want to spend your subscription money on.
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Well, I mean, you can't guarantee it, obviously.
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Yeah. Yeah. So we have like a face recognition tool that we integrated in the app. And that compares your real photo with your profile photo that you upload and that you are showing. So there are some tools where we try to hope that the person that's on Inner Circle is also really that person. We also have recommendations so people don't invite their friends.
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So we can also see, okay, this is like genuine.
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I will fix it. I will fix it.
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Yeah, exactly. And I mean, that's what it's all about. I mean, real people. And the magic happens in the real world, but it helps if the person online is also that person.
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Yeah. I mean, if you really want to make it work, it only can happen in real life. So you have to meet that person. And you can fall in love with somebody online, but that's not real love. And With Inner Circle, we really wanted to create an opportunity for our members, not only through our app, so we also are hosting events
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and this is something we do from day one and we really see that this is helping so many people meeting somebody and an event for some it's a bit of a hurdle but in the end I mean it's if you're single and you go to drinks or
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you go to a wine tasting or a gallery with a group of singles you have to be a b you have to work so i mean here don't stand alone at the bar waiting until somebody approaches you you have to work but it's it's worth it that's the hurdle you mentioned right for someone for some people
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Yeah, if you go to these events, I mean, you go alone and, well, it feels a bit uncomfortable because, well, you go to a singles event. Right. And then if you're there, you don't know anybody. So you have to, not everybody is comfortable with that. So you have to step a little bit out of your comfort zone. Right. But it will pay off.
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Yeah, I would say like find something you can bond over that makes you tick. So for example, you create a podcast, you know, talk about what podcast do you like, because this is what you genuinely love. And by talking about these shared passions, it will definitely break the ice. So for an introvert, I would really recommend to do that.
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And it feels a bit uncomfortable, especially in the beginning. But if you're talking about something you love, it will make it much more easy.
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Yeah. And For the long term, I do believe that in the beginning it's a little bit of a role playing because it's not who you are genuine. And it's also if you meet somebody, I always say if you really want to find out if it's the one, don't judge it on the first date because the first date people are uncomfortable. People are playing a role and they are doing more than their best.
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And that's not how they normally are. But if you want to really meet somebody, you have to meet this person maybe a second or a third time.
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yeah well i mean there's a lot of success stories we have at the headquarters at inner circle we have a whole wall with baby cards and wedding cards so it is really really working and i mean they all met on inner circle and sometimes you hear really cool stories so we had an event in paris And there was a girl actually on a date. She was living in London. He was living in Paris.
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And he said, we have this event. And she said, well, I live in London. And I mean, he thought this could be the one. And he said, well, the train from London to Paris is about two and a half hours. I will buy the train ticket. We go to the inner circle event. and let's have drinks there. So that was the first date was at an inner circle event.
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And I mean, she went, she stayed for two more days and then, so I mean, and now they are married, they have two kids. So it is, yeah, I mean, it's a bit persistent, but I mean those stories and that's also nice that the love most of the times it's always within your city, within your range.
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But also for people that travel, because we have a lot of people that travel, they also use it a lot for this.
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I mean, I can't imagine that there's a better job than that. I mean, it's like you really, really make impact in a positive way. Yeah. You change the course of someone's life.
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I wasn't in the room, but I helped. Then you suddenly, I mean, you don't stand still too many times, but that's a moment to stand still and to actually see the impact, the positive impact that you created. Did you celebrate it?
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Yeah, no, definitely, definitely.
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So when we launched, we did it only that people on it could invite their friends. So I launched with a really, really small group because I had about maybe 20, 30 people that I knew that were single, and they all invited their friends.