fbFund Incubator for Firms Focused on Facebook
My neighbor Leah Busque founded RunMyErrand. We see each other often at Zume’s, our local coffee shop. Leah is back from the Facebook fbFund Rev competition for a few days and she told a fun story about what’s its like working out of the original Facebook...eHarmony Creates the Perfect Man
My friend sent me this eHarmony email. Click the thumbnail to read the profile text. She is savvy to the whole online dating thing and this is what she said: “I think this is a composite guy that’s just so appealing to someone like me that I couldn’t...Eharmony Hearts Amazon
Ben Hardy at eHarmony recently spoke at Amazon Web Services Start-Up Event LA 2009. One of the the most technology advanced dating sites, Eharmony is building out their infrastructure to handle 10x the amount of current users using Amazon Web Services. That kind of...Menthol Makes Love Last Longer
A brief public service announcement/product placement regarding the latest revolution in male protection. All you really need to know about the new Lifestyles condoms is that they feature a gel that contains both menthol and L-Arginine, which provide a...Facebook’s New Privacy Settings
Several commenters have stated that singles want to keep their dating profile separate from their Facebook profile. While there will always be a demand for separate dating sites (free and paid), I simply cannot see singles wanting to go to a site with a million people...IAC’s Match Agrees To Buy People Media For $80 Million
Match.com has made a number of smart business moves recently. Today they continue the trend, announcing the acquisition of People Media for $80 million in cash. Broad-based online dating site Match.com is buying into the targeted subscription dating business with the...Another Virtual Dating Assisant Company Launches
Looks like Virtual Dating Assistants has some company. Luke Chao emailed to announce the launch of his new startup, Done For You Dating. From what I can tell, the primary differences between the two companies are that Done For You Dating has per-date pricing and the...Introducing Online Dating Insider
Due to the post-iDate uptick in traffic and I thought it would be a good idea to say a few words about this blog and myself. As editor of Online Dating Insider, I have written about the business of online dating industry since 2002. A good way to get to know me is to...Dating Research, Marketing and Retention Curves
Cleaning out the draft blog folder today, a bunch of posts from all over the place I hope you will find interesting and inspiring. Matt Humphrey of Bumba Labs on User Retention Curves (Andrew Chen) It’s easy to think of retention percentages in the 90’s as good....
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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