
Myles Slayton is the 22-year-old founder and CEO of Cerca, a revolutionary dating app that's flipping the industry on its head. Myles walked away from a lucrative Wall Street career to solve what he believes is one of Gen Zβs biggest crises: loneliness, rejection, and a broken culture around dating.
Timestamps:
00:00 Rethinking Dating Apps: A New Approach
02:58 The Safety Factor in Modern Dating
05:50 Why Mutual Connections Matter
09:04 How Culture Is Changing Dating
11:59 Building Circa: From Idea to App
15:00 Marketing Without Ads: How Circa Grew
17:53 Landing the Ex-CEO of Tinder as an Investor
24:51 Building Strategic Partnerships
25:14 A Day in the Life of a Young CEO
29:00 Starting a Company in New York City
31:01 Leaving Wall Street: Taking Risks for Purpose
33:39 The Entrepreneurial Mindset
34:16 What Freedom Really Means
37:26 Helping People Fall in Love
38:30 How Circa Will Make Money (Without Selling Out)
41:04 The Hardest Part of Growing a Startup
43:08 The Bigger Vision for Circa
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