Forget Romance. Digital Matchmakers Want to Find You a BFF
Business Wars Daily
Wondery
4.6 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Today is Tuesday, April 23, and we're looking at Bumble for Friends vs. Peoplehood.
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderly Plus subscribers can listen to Business Wars daily ad-free right now. |
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| 0:08.5 | If you or someone you care about has cancer, |
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| 0:16.1 | Macmillan's free online forum provides a safe space to get support from both experts and others who've been |
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| 0:27.5 | from dealing with side effects such as hair loss and fatigue, to money worries and managing work, |
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| 0:49.2 | Thank you. From Wondery, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Tuesday, April 23rd. |
| 1:07.2 | People let me tell you about my best friend. |
| 1:10.8 | He's a warm-hearted person who love me till the end of nothing. |
| 1:15.3 | In the dating world, being sent to the quote, friend zone isn't exactly ideal. |
| 1:20.3 | But when technology can be used to help us make more friends, |
| 1:24.3 | well, that doesn't sound like such a bad idea, does it? |
| 1:28.0 | And dating app Bumble wants to be the matchmaker for BFFs. |
| 1:32.5 | After being unlucky and loved, Bumble is rethinking its future, according to TechCrunch. |
| 1:37.6 | Several weeks back, Bumble's earning call was gloomy, with news about weak earnings and roughly |
| 1:42.0 | a third of its employees being let go. |
| 1:44.9 | And so Bumble is refocusing on Friends, with its Bumble for Friends, friend-finding business |
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