Bumble had a "modest budget" at the time, Wolfe Herd said in a MasterClass course released on Thursday.
Instead of traditional marketing campaigns, Wolfe Herd put together a series of "crazy hacks" to drum up interest in her Austin, Texas-based startup, she said.
Wolfe Herd used a similar tactic with college fraternities, dropping off pizza with branded bumblebee stickers slapped onto the cardboard boxes.
For Wolfe Herd, the momentum was validating.
Seven years after launching the app, Wolfe Herd became the youngest female founder in history to take a company public.
Persons:
Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bumble, Wolfe Herd, —, Fortune, Andrey Andreev, Forbes, She'd, Wolfe
Organizations:
Badoo, Aspen Ideas, Bumble Inc, CNBC
Locations:
Austin , Texas, Aspen , Colorado