New York Dating Scene Heating Up
The big news this week was that New York-based OKCupid sold to Match.com for $50 million. Hi-fives all around. New York is the new hotbed of the online dating industry. For a while it was Canada, then Miami, but these days its all about the Big Apple. This week I...Graphic Designer With Dating Site Design Experience Needed
Meet Market Adventures is search of a graphic designer with experience in online dating design work. Interested parties should contact Travis Hartley at thartley@meetmarketadventures.com.OKCupid Backlash Begins
This guy is so unhappy about Match acquiring OKCpupid that he’s trying to get people to add “NO MATCH” to their profile picture to let them know some people are not happy with the acquisition.Dating Site As Art: Scrapes Facebook For Profiles
Dating site startups are always asking about ways to load up their databases with profiles as quickly as possible in order to avoid the digital echo/empty database conundrum during the first few months of operation. According to WIRED Epicenter, A group or artists did...Why You Should Never Pay For Online Dating
This one was too easy but I had to post this recently-deleted OKCupid blog missive Why You Should Never Pay For Online Dating which basically throws Match.com directly under the bus for disappointing customers in regards to who can write you back, the...Match.com Acquires OKCupid
Match.com acquires NYC’s OKCupidToday Match.com, announced that it has acquired OkCupid, the U.S. online dating company, for $50 million in cash, plus potential future payments contingent upon performance. Its about time. OKCupid is the fastest-growing...More Great Valentine’s Day Ecards from Someecards
More very funny cards at someecards.Accel Hires eHarmony Leader As CEO-In-Residence
According to BusinessInsider, Accel Partners has hired Greg Waldorf, the founding investor and most recent CEO of online dating site eHarmony, as the venture firm’s CEO in residence. Waldorf will work with Accel’s portfolio companies to identify new...Online Dating Industry News: 2-1-11 Snowmageddon Edition
From Focus on what you’re good at, and nothing else! Mike and Jason are two Southern California kids that specialize in dating (pickup artists). For a living, they teach men how to be attractive. When they first hit me up years ago for business advice, I thought these...
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