Be plenty scared of PlentyofFish
I met Markus Frind, owner of PlentyofFish, at iDate. Markus is quite open about his plans for the industry, which refreshing after listening to various dating executives duck and weave the difficult questions during the final Octoberfest-style executive panel. Be...WebDate going to paid model
I met with WebDate last week before iDate and had a great conversation with CEO Abe Smilowitz. They have cool offices in South Beach, restaurant downstairs and a recording studio. Talk about synergy. The big news is that WebDate will be switching from a free to a...The Knot enters personals business
From Crains New York: Manhattan-based The Knot Inc. is entering the $500 million online personals business, with the acquisition of Ithaca, N.Y.-based Great Boyfriends. The Knot Inc., which owns wedding-planning Web site TheKnot.com, did not disclose terms of the...Imaginary girlfriends
Friday afternoon deserves a fun post, so here it is. This kind of stuff is big in Japan. Only a matter of time before it takes off here. An Imaginary Girlfriend is exactly that. This is a service provided by a real life girl where she will pretend to be your long...Lavalife partners with major Canadian portal
Lavalife announced a five-year exclusive integrated personals partnership with Sympatico.MSN.ca. The new partnership gives singles the opportunity to access Lavalife content and services across all Sympatico.MSN.ca properties, including its portal, MSN Hotmail and MSN...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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