Tinder is going public.

No, not that kind of public, rest assured.

[For all of you who were just afraid of getting their weekend hookups exposed, you can close the window now and proceed with your romantic sweeping.]

The Match Group, company which brought us gem products such as Tinder and okCupid, has an IPO scheduled for today, with a share price of $12 and a total valuation of $2.9 billion…ZzzzZzzzZ

Ok, let’s go to the real story: the interview given by CEO Sean Rad the day preceeding the IPO. To summarize, if you don’t have the time to read it all: Shit.Went.Down.

From threatning an author of a Tinder article, to confusing sapiosexual with sadomasoquist, not forgetting of the models who beg him for sex, nothing was off limits for Mr. Rad. Investors, you know what you have to do: Buy!

However, the parent company seems pretty ok with it, issuing a statement only to correct the user metrics present in the interview (apparently, they didn’t have any insigth on Sean’s position on dickpics).

The point I’m trying to make being a good entrepreneur and CEO are two worlds aparts, and just because you have excelled in one, that will happen in the other. And in this case, it appears I’m right.

But if it is working for everyone involve in the deal, even prospective investors, man, just roll with it.

For me, I’ll have to seep left. [Sorry for the bad pun :s]

“You get to be CEO! And you get to be CEO! Everyone gets to be CEO!”