TalentTalks

In this session, Zach Schleien will share with you his entrepreneurial journey. He navigated partner breakups, built startups while working at a corporate 9-5, and even raised millions. He hopes that his story of failures and learnings can inspire you.

Zach Schleien is the CEO & Co-founder of Filteroff. Filteroff has been featured in New York Times, and BBC.

He started his online dating career by launching Top Romp, a dating publication that covered dating hacks and apps for the modern dater. After selling the blog he launched Hinge’s subreddit.

Zach pursued his Masters in Information Management from Syracuse University and then joined Johnson & Johnson as a Product Analyst. At Johnson & Johnson, he built a number of online communities.

He launched Filteroff as a way to meet people, not profiles. Filteroff has now raised $2.5M from a Fortune 500 company and has run over 14K virtual speed dating events as well as in-person singles events for a variety of communities.

Zach’s passions lie in technology, health, and creating authentic connections. When he is not working, Zach loves to travel the world, listen to podcasts, and work out.