A New Way to Date

<div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"> <div dir="auto">In episode 631, I chat with Taly Matiteyahu.</div> <div dir="auto">For the last few years dating has been a lot about swiping right or left. But what if there's a new way to find your next date and make a real connection?</div> <div dir="auto">Taly Matiteyahu thinks she has figured out an answer.</div> <div dir="auto"><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> By night, Taly works to build <a href= "https://www.theblinkdate.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Blink</a>, an audio-only blind speed dating app inspired by a revelatory experience at a blackout restaurant. Making connections with strangers based on conversation alone, free of looks-driven assumptions, sparked the thought: would people date a wider variety of people if they were able to make an emotional connection before swiping left?</span></div> <div dir="auto"><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> By day, Taly works at an AI-powered legal tech company as a Product Manager, having previously worked as a lawyer at a NYC law firm and as a legal operations professional at Netflix and Datadog. Taly earned her Bachelor's degree from New York University in 2011 and her Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School in 2015.</span></div> <div dir="auto"><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Listen to learn more about what she's learned about dating, connection and building a startup. </span></div> </div>