CNBC: The business of online dating

The founder behind Explosive Growth

This CNBC clip is part of Cliff Lerner’s media archive. Cliff co-founded Snap Interactive with his brother Darrell, grew it to more than 120 million users and $100M+ in revenue with no venture capital, and told the story in his book Explosive Growth (2017), published in 6 countries.

• Yahoo Finance · December 7, 2017 · 8:23Startup lessons, bitcoin and explosive growthThe full interview on The Final Round, on building a startup and the lessons behind Explosive Growth.
• Fox 5 · November 12, 2015 · 2:05The Grade and the hottest namesA Fox 5 segment on The Grade dating app and its hottest-names ranking.
• Bloomberg · December 29, 2010 · 1:43A Facebook app shakes up online datingA December 29 morning report on SNAP Interactive and Facebook dating.
• Bloomberg · December 29, 2010 · 2:47SNAP Interactive in the spotlightBloomberg on the day Snap Interactive stock exploded after the dating app went viral.
• Bloomberg · December 31, 2010 · 5:55SNAP Interactive at year endBloomberg’s year-end look at SNAP Interactive and its run in 2010.
• Nasdaq · December 30, 2011 · 5:59At the Nasdaq with Cliff LernerAn Expert Series conversation with Cliff Lerner and Hotlist founder Chris Mirabile.
• Nasdaq · January 3, 2012 · 3:57Ringing the opening bellThe Hotlist opening-bell highlight reel, from the SNAP and Hotlist media archive.
• Crowdsourcing Love · December 12, 2023 · 1:00The loneliness epidemicA short interview clip on loneliness and its impact on mental health.
• Crowdsourcing Love · December 12, 2023 · 1:55From VHS tapes to AIA short interview clip tracing the evolution of dating technology.