Cindy Gallop is half English, half Chinese and grew up in Brunei. She’s the founder & CEO of www.makelovenotporn.com launched at TED 2009 – ‘Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference’. Today MakeLoveNotPorn is the world’s first user-generated, human-curated social sex videosharing platform, socializing sex to make it easier to talk about, to promote good sexual values and behavior. Cindy speaks at conferences globally and consults, describing her approach as ‘I like to blow shit up. I am the Michael Bay of business.’
What inspired you all to create this company?
My personal experience dating younger men and realizing when we don’t talk openly about sex in the real world, porn becomes sex education by default. I’m pioneering a whole new category – social sex.
What distinguishes your company and product in the market?
MakeLoveNotPorn is ‘Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference’ – world’s first user-generated, human-curated, social sex videosharing platform, promoting consent, good sexual values and behavior.