Welcome to our second episode of BIG IDEAS by NEW ECONOMIES - a show where we learn how the most iconic founders have turned crucible moments into global companies. Throughout these episodes, we also discover the trends our guests are most excited about, and the types of businesses those trends could go on to create.

This week’s guest is Maxime Barbier, co-founder of Timeleft - which you may have heard of. They host dinners for strangers and are doing incredibly well: generating $16M in net ARR and bringing together 120,000 people each month. And they’ve done all of this in just two years!

Grab your notebook and enjoy the episode!

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In this episode we cover:

(0:00 ) Intro

(1:06 ) The Founding Story

(4:08 ) Landing those first users

(9:25 ) Why People Use Timeleft

(10:55 ) My Timeleft Experience

(12:20 ) Why People Are Lonely

(13:38 ) Acquiring Users Through Ads

(15:44 ) Early Challenges

(17:45 ) Launching Globally

(19:44 ) What Comes Next?

(26:30 ) Trends Maxime is most excited about include:

* In real life tech is the new social frontier.

* Friendship is the new dating.

* The fall of dating apps.

Links mentioned in this episode:

* Subscribe to NEW ECONOMIES

* Follow Ollie on LinkedIn

* Follow Maxime on LinkedIn

* Try Timeleft

See you in the next episode!

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