OkCupid Founder Launches New Startup
Congrats to Sam and the rest of team Yagan for the successful launching of their new startup. The launch occurred on the exact planned day (rare for an entrepreneur). At 7lbs, 3 ozs, project Margaret is now officially out of beta and appears bug-free.Dating Entrepreneurs: Plentyoffish’s Markus Frind
There are quite a few entrepreneurs in the dating space currently making headlines. Never one to mince words, Markus Frind, founder of PlentyofFish, wrote How I started A Dating Empire in 2006. A good read for dating site startups. Here are some gems from Markus from...Userplane March 2008 Newsletter
Longtime sponsor of this blog, Userplane has sent out their March newsletter. The team has returned from South by Southwest, where they announced the re-launch of Userplane Desktop as an Adobe AIR application now compatible with PC and Mac. Userplane clients using...Randommate and Speed Dating Issues
I read about Randommate over at OPW. Randommate easily boasts the most features of any speed dating site I’ve seen. Unfortunately, it’s feature-itis is also what makes me want to run to the simplicity of other speed dating sites. Speed dating is about...Your Predictions About Ad-Driven Anonymnous Calling
Jangl and all the other anonymous calling services are preparing to insert advertising in the beginning, middle and end of calls routed through their system via partners like Bebo. I wonder how these plans may change now that Bebo is an AOL property. I assume that...Ten More Rules For Startup Success
Loic Le Meur, founder of Seesmic, has his own version of 10 startup rules: Don’t wait for a revolutionary idea. It will never happen. Just focus on a simple, exciting, empty space and execute as fast as possible Share your idea. The more you share, the more you...Zoosk Might Change Online Dating Forever
Earlier today I spoke with Alex Mehr, who created Zoosk, a platform agnostic dating application that leverages the social graph. I’ll post the interview later, need to go over my notes and make sure I don’t release any company secrets and clean up the...OpenSocial Goes Live on Myspace
I rejoined the Twitter crowd today after taking some time off from gorging on people’s lifestreams. One of the first tweets I received was from from marshalk at Read Write Web, who just posted OpenSocial Beta Apps Go Live on Myspace. Marshall’s list of key...Fixed blogroll, New Social Networking News Blog
The Blogroll of useful links disappeared for some reason. I removed the relationship links, kept in the dating business links and put it back in the sidebar. I’ll probably move the relationship blogs to Dating Dashboard, which I need to work on. Interested in...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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