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Deep Dive with Ali AbdaalHow To Build A Multi-Million $ Dating App | Shahzad Younas Founder & CEO of Muzmatch
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- October 11, 2021
- Duration
- 1h 12m
- Channel
- Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
👉 [Free live masterclass, Sat 21 Nov] Launch your online business by Christmas and land your first high-paying client by January → https://go.lifestylebusiness.com/bf26desc Plus: [Free 3-hour course] Turn your expertise into a $100k/year income stream → https://go.lifestylebusiness.com/lbafound Subscribe to LifeNotes 👉 https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes_deepdive A lot of us have dabbled with dating apps, but what really makes a successful match? In the episode Ali sits down for a conversation with Shahzad Younas, founder and CEO of @muzz_app the revolutionary dating app that's transforming the way Muslims find love and marriage with over 4 million members and 100,000+ successful marriages. In their conversation Shahzad shares how he quit his job and built the Muzmatch app from scratch, how identify business ideas and make marketing work, the importance of forcing yourself to be uncomfortable, the problem with dating app etiquette for Muslim's and much much more. First 200 get 20% off the annual premium subscription for Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/deepdive 📚 Check Out My New York Times Bestselling Book Feel-Good Productivity! 👉 https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/podcast 📧 Sign up for LifeNotes - my weekly newsletter where I share actionable productivity tips, practical life advice, and high-quality insights from across the web directly to your inbox. 👉https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/podcast 🔗 CONNECT WITH SHAHZAD 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/shahzadyounas_ 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/muzmatch/?hl=en 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahzad-younas/ 💻 Website - https://muzmatch.com/en-GB/ 📱Download Muzmatch - https://muzmatch.com/en-GB/download 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/aliabdaal 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 💻 Website - https://aliabdaal.com 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 00:00 Intro 00:58 The world of dating apps 02:15 Starting a dating app for the Muslim community 06:30 How to come up with a business idea 10:48 Learning how to code 24:47 Dealing with authority 27:03 Muzmatch 10 years on (10,000 successful marriages) 36:47 Making marketing work 39:36 Male behaviour on dating apps 50:24 Muzmatch and religion 52:06 What do Muslim girls look for in men? 54:35 The art of a conversation & designing your profile 59:31 When it someone ready? 01:03:21 Do looks matter? 01:08:56 Transforming how Muslims meet and marry 📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED Balsamiq - https://balsamiq.com/ Paul Graham's Essays - http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html 🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover their journey's towards finding joy and fulfilment at work and in life. In each episode our host Ali Abdaal talks to his guests about their philosophies, strategies and tools that have helped them along their personal path to living a life of happiness and meaning. There's no manual for living a happy life, but we hope that from these shared experiences you'll leave each episode with practical advice you can use to help you along the way. Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor 🎬 Subscribe to Deep Dive Clips for bitesized podcast clips https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdmh... 🎧 Listen for free on your favourite Podcast platform - search "Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal" on your podcast app, or click these links: Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/deep-dive-with-ali-abdaal/id1587142091 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7gZkflCpck1rTixj8M7yHt RSS - https://feeds.transistor.fm/deep-dive 🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on iTunes / Apple Podcasts to help others discover the show :) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/deep-dive-with-ali-abdaal/id1587142091 🧠 SPONSORED BY BRILLIANT This episode is kindly supported by Brilliant, the best way to learn maths, science and computer science online. Brilliant focuses on helping you learn through interactive courses that work to develop your intuition and first principles knowledge, rather than just memorising methods and facts. Sign up at https://brilliant.org/deepdive - the first 200 people will receive 20% off the annual premium subscription. 👋🏼 GET IN TOUCH You can also Tweet @DeepDivePodcast with any feedback, ideas or thoughts about the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏 https://twitter.com/DeepDivePodcast PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜
SPEAKERS
Ali Abdaal
hostHost of Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal, interviewing entrepreneurs and creators about building meaningful careers.
Shahzad Younas
guestFounder and CEO of Muzmatch (a Muslim dating/marriage app), with a background in investment banking and computer science.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal, featuring Ali Abdaal and Shahzad Younas, How To Build A Multi-Million $ Dating App | Shahzad Younas Founder & CEO of Muzmatch explores How Muzmatch was built: coding, product resets, and dating realities Shahzad Younas recounts how Muzmatch began as a jokingly named domain and small website before he quit investment banking to build a mobile app himself once he saw that most traffic and messaging behavior belonged on phones.
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