Virtual Economy Is Booming
A few weeks ago I got a chance to talk to Ian Swanson, founder of Sometrics. Ian was previously at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. Sometrics is focused on monetizeing the social web, providing solutions to maximize revenue from virtual...What is Great Hill Partners up to?
The contents of this post are based on Spark Networks’ 10K from 2008 and their 10Q from the third quarter of 2009. Input was received from several people who have tracked Spark Networks for many years, with special help from Ross Felix. Great Hill Partners, a...IAC’s Match.com to Acquire Singlesnet
Several weeks ago I heard from a reliable source that IAC Has Acquired Another Top Dating Site. I’ve known who it was all along, and decided to do the right thing and not mention the name of the company being acquired on this blog. I just heard from...Zoosk is Crushing All Dating Site Traffic
Look at this ComScore data on Zoosk vs. Match and Singlesnet. Of course we don’t know what is driving this gargantuan traffic spike, but Zoosk raised $30 million, and if they poured some of that into a marketing campaign (Zoosk ads are everywhere), that could...IAC Has Acquired Another Top Dating Site
Newsflash: IAC has acquired a major dating site. When you find out which site it is you’re going to be surprised. Of all the dating sites acquisitions Match has been looking at, this is the last one I would have figured them to acquire. I’m going to have a...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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