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Too Smart For ThisICYMI: Building a Herd Mentality with Entrepreneur Madisen DeweyHappy Monday Baddies! In the name of balance, this week we're bringing back a past episode with one of our favorite creators and founders, Madisen Dewey! As a content creator and consumer of social media, Madisen began to notice that the power of building community online was overpowered by the toxic traits of social media. Taking a leap of faith, Madisen quit her job at YouTube and began building Herd Social, an app that isn’t driven by metrics and helps users to discover communities that fit their interests. Throughout this episode, Madisen gets real about her experience as a wom...2022-10-1736 min
Our PlaygroundBuilding a Social Media Platform That Doesn't Compromise Your Well-Being with Mady DeweyToday on the show, I am joined Mady Dewey who is one of the co-founders of Herd Social alongside Ali Howard. Herd a non-toxic social media space that was created so that users can connect with like-minded individuals and bring more inspiration into their lives all without the addictive features of most social platforms and the constant comparisons that come with the numbers and unrealistic beauty standards. In this episode, Mady shares the behind the scenes of building an app, how she finds balance between the startup world and her personal life, as well as what she has learned...2021-12-1328 min
Too Smart For ThisBuilding a Herd Mentality with Herd Social Founder Madisen DeweyWelcome back to Too Smart For This! In today’s episode, I’m joined by Madisen Dewey, founder of the Herd Social App. As a content creator and consumer of social media, Madisen began to notice that the power of building community online was overpowered by the toxic traits of social media. Taking a leap of faith, Madisen quit her job at YouTube and began building Herd Social, an app that isn’t driven by metrics and helps users to discover communities that fit their interests. Throughout this episode, Madisen gets real about her experience as a woman in the te...2021-11-0534 min
THE HIGHEST VISIONSeason Finale: What is living the dream?Today we are celebrating our 100th episode and the closing of season 1. In today's episode I share how my definition of living the dream has evolved and I have compiled all of the guests answers to my final question, "What does living the dream look like for you". I hope it inspires you to break free from society's definition of living the dream and create a vision that works for you. Sending you a virtual cheers to celebrate this huge milestone with a complimentary recipe book of 10 Rosé Inspired cocktails, under 100 calories provided by Lori Harder, founder o...2021-09-2725 min
My Point Of ViewHealthy Social Media thanks to Herd Social with Mady DeweyI'm joined by Mady Dewey, the 24 year old cofounder and CEO of Herd Social, a social space focused on community over comparison. By throwing out the social scale, empowering casual creativity and providing experience autonomy, Herd aims to restore authentic expression. In an ecosystem that deprioritizes user well-being, Herd is the greener pasture; grown from honesty, empathy, respect, and discovery.
Mady Dewey and Ali Howard are friends from college, whom after 8 months together in Seattle, found themselves living alone, far from family as COVID-19 hit. In a time of immense isolation, both turned to social media as a...2021-09-061h 05
Fingers CrossedAddictive Apps & The Mental Health Gap: Healthy Social Media Usage ft. Mady DeweyDo you feel exhausted by how addicting social media feels? Are you often comparing yourself with others, and worry that everyone is somehow more interesting than you? Do you love the idea of community, but hate the competition? Today, Sierra & Kristee sit down with Herd Co-founder and Mental Health advocate, Mady Dewey, to discuss social media, and the development of her new social media platform, Herd. They discuss the issues, pressures & societal problems created by certain platforms, and how Herd is here to change the game. Trust us- this is an episode you don't want to miss.
Download the HERD app...2021-06-151h 22THE HIGHEST VISIONDisrupting Toxic Social Media and Redefining Success with the Founders of Herd"Social media doesn't have to be toxic, it's just always been designed that way." Mady Dewey and Ali Howard are friends from college, whom after 8 months together in Seattle, found themselves living alone, far from family as COVID-19 hit. In a time of immense isolation, both turned to social media as a way to find community, but as their screen time went up, their mental health went down.Trapped in the game of social comparison and recognizing they needed help, the duo began researching how to improve their well-being and found a theme: Want to feel better...2021-06-0750 min
The Brazilian point of viewEp. 24 - Herd: Creating a toxicity-free social media with Ali Howard and Mady DeweyOn this week's episode, Ana talks to Ali and Mady about Herd, the new toxicity-free social media they created. They talk about how they came up with creating the app, the difficulties along the way, how was the process and the features of the app.
They also talk about how Herd makes sure to keep the toxicity away, how it's different from other social media and much more!
Hope you guys enjoy it!
Download Herd now: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/herd-social/id1564603157
Herd's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herd.s...2021-05-2538 min
CEO-ish Podcast10. Meet the Founders of the Herd - The Greener Pasture of Social MediaIn episode #10 Chloe and Taylor are ECSTATIC to be interviewing the founders of Herd- Mady Dewey and Ali Howard. Herd is the first ever female founded social media app, and it’s focused on community over comparison. Mady and Ali are throwing out the social scale (meaning no more follower/like counts), eliminating publicly displayed profiles, and giving users control over their feed. Herd is rethinking the feedback loop between content creators and consumers because they believe social media doesn’t have to be toxic, it’s just always been designed that way. Herd aims to empower casual creativity and re...2021-03-3140 min
No One Asked.020 / Have You Herd?This week, Dani and Jade sit down with social media's first female founders, Mady Dewey & Ali Howard! Mady and Ali talk about their new app Herd and how it's changing the social media game. Big Tech being a boys club is a thing of the past and the women have finally earned a seat at the table (we're looking at you Jeff Bezos). If you're tired of the toxicity associated with social media but crave the connection it brings, this episode is for you!
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Unmuted GenerationsMady Dewey - CEO of HerdMady Dewey is a California native and the Co-founder of Herd, a new social media platform aimed to eliminate comparison and get back to authentic creativityHerd App: https://www.theherdapp.com/Herd's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herd.app/Herd's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@herd.app?lang=enMady's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madydewey/Chapter Markers/Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction - Mady Dewey02:35 - Early beginnings of Herd and "The Social Dilemma"06:35 - Negative attributes of social media and numerical gratification09:30 - Technological...2021-02-0353 min
soul chatsgetting over comparison w Mady DeweySend us a textmady dewey and i sit down and chat about comparison and some of the ways we've grown in our mentality towards it... whether you're having a tough day, or working through letting comparison go, i really feel that this episode can help you move forward positively!!and of course, please do not forget to support mady by following her on instagram & on tiktok... and by checking out her brilliant new app that is going to change the world, Herd (instagram & tiktok)!!& as always, be sure to check out our...2021-01-171h 13