Mark Cuban’s Rules for Startups
Valleywag has made a bullet point list from Mark Cuban’s Rules for Startups. Given that I speak with a handful of people looking to start dating and social networking sites every week, I thought this was especially relevant. Don’t start a company unless...The Rise of Freeconomics: PlentyOfFish and OkCupid
This month’s WIRED article by Chris Anderson (of Long Tail fame) plays directly into the business playbook for PlentyOfFish (PoF) and OKCupid. A decade and a half into the great online experiment, the last debates over free versus pay online are ending. This is...Friday Snow Day Post
Boston is getting a lot of snow today, tonight the snow shoes come out! I’m sorry to say that Consumating is joining the TechCrunch Deadpool on March 15. I talked with founder Ben Brown many times when they were starting up and during the transition after CNET...Online Dating Insider Weekly Wrap: 1-15-08
Hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day. Today I feel like accountants must feel on April 16th. In my quest to learn more about the role of fraud detection in online dating, I had lunch with Maxmind. Talking with the fraud guys is a real eye-opener. There are...Match.com Update
I’ve compiled recent bits of information about Match.com, along with related stories and insights, let’s review. Match by the Numbers Let’s take a look at the most recent numbers for 4Q 2007. Higher revenue per subscriber. Revenue up 14% from $79.4...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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