Plenty of Fish Sold for $575M. He Had 3 Employees.

Markus Frind built the largest dating site in the world by himself, ran it on about an hour a day and sold it for $575 million to a single shareholder. Then he bought more than 1,100 acres in the Okanagan and went back to farming. Featuring: Markus Frind, Annie Frind, Kevin Burton, Frank Giustra, Lady Gaga Watch on YouTube Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. https://trends.vc/ HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. https://headsup.bot Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. https://makemulti.com Chapters: (00:00) The French Riviera, and a business running without him (00:27) Donauwörth to Hudson's Hope, 1,200 acres and a trailer (01:27) BCIT, the 1999 diploma and the dot-com break (03:05) Plenty of Fish, written in two weeks and priced at zero (04:14) The $901,733.84 cheque from Google (05:13) The midnight call, and the $575 million sale Where to find Dru: Essays: https://druriley.com/ X: https://x.com/DruRly YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.