Be a Wingwoman

Catherine Connelly is a marketing leader and entrepreneur. Her book, The Adaptability Paradox: Be the Architect of Your Success will be published in Fall 2024.

Catherine co-founded The Meet Group, a NASDAQ-listed social dating and livestreaming company connecting millions of active users globally. The Meet Group was acquired in a $500 million sale in 2020. Catherine served as SVP Marketing leading marketing and communications, across its portfolio of social entertainment apps and livestreaming and creator economy solutions.

As a passionate storyteller, Catherine leads strategic initiatives that engage audiences. Catherine grew MeetMe from nothing to millions of active users. While at The Meet Group, she was instrumental in growing apps like MeetMe and Tagged into two of the top 10 dating apps in the U.S, as measured by consumer spend and downloads and creating a platform that touches over 10 million monthly active users.

Catherine’s 18 years of experience includes co-founding myYearbook, creating what would eventually become The Meet Group, and leading brand strategy and performance marketing for The Meet Group through a series of mergers, acquisitions and rebrands.

Catherine also writes the newsletter Growing Up Startup where she shares lessons she's learned from building her company.

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