by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Yesterday I mentioned that Zoosk has overtaken Are You Interested as the number one dating application on social networks. This morning I received an email from SNAP Interactive stating 4Q 2008 projected revenue as $1.08 million. Total revenue for 2008 is expected to...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Research
Over the holidays I spent some time talking with Mandy Ginsberg, Match.com GM for North America. You might want to read Match.com Gets an Update along with this post. Daily 5 Daily 5 helps members find interesting and relevant people who wouldn’t normally...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Research, Profiles & Matching
I just had a great conversation with the Down to Earth team. Down to Earth is the new Match.com free dating site. It will take a few days to process everything, will have something up next week. I also have a ton of information from my talk with Match over the...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Research
A few links with more information about the IPO. CNET ZDNET Andrew Chen (fantastic post, Andrew is amazing). Related- the role of Freemium in Web 2.0.
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
The director of Common Angels, a prominent angel investor network, gave a presentation about the status of the current investment climate at a recent Webinnovators meeting in Boston. A good read if you are contemplating raising capital for a new dating site or social...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Online relationship network FriendFinder Networks has registered for a $460 million initial public offering. FriendFinder Networks used to be called Various, Inc. until it was acquired by Penthouse Media Group in December 207. FriendFinder Networks owns many dating...