by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
The following letter was sent to the board of Spark Networks Inc. (NYSE Amex:LOV) March 8, 2010 in opposition to Great Hill Partners’ bid to acquire the company. Dear Board Members, Osmium Partners beneficially owns 6.1% of Spark Networks common stock. We are...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Katy says: I’m a Columbia News Service reporter interested in speaking with couples who have met offline, who have later joined dating sites to see if they would be matched up or to test the site’s claims. I’m also interested in speaking with people...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
The Disastrous Effects of Online Dating provides new rules for 21st Century dating, what you can do when the rules are broken, and ways to get through the tough times. Learn what men and women think of the new rules, read typical online dating profiles of men and...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Here’s a Facebook update from eHarmony. They get a lot of people answering their questions, regardless of the topic. I like how the first person bashes them, gets called on it, and then the stories begin to flow. That’s how this stuff works. Everyone has...
by David Evans | Audio & Video
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Tech-Talch – Chatroulette www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform Perhaps not the last post I do on the latest Internet phenomenon, but easily the best. Amazing...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Today’s guest post is by Ross Felix. Ross has been paying close attention to Spark Networks for quite some time and is well-versed in the challenges it faces today. Spark Networks reported their year-end results on Thursday March 4th. Much of their results came...
by David Evans | Profiles & Matching
Gavin Potter at IntroAnalytics has written a white paper titled Making Behavioral Recommendations Pay, An Analysis of Returns Achieved. I am pleased to see some of the early results discussed publicly. While not exactly earth-shattering in terms of depth, I applaud...
by David Evans | Online Dating Innovation, Profiles & Matching
I’ve been checking out the Basisnote Chemistry Check system running on Swissfriends.ch. Here are some screenshots I took of the testing process.
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Social dating site Thread continues to slowly releasing new features. the latest batch lets people offer rewards to their friends if they successfully match them up. For example, wine for the first date, $100 to become exclusive and a trip to Australia if they get...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
A few weeks ago I got a chance to talk to Ian Swanson, founder of Sometrics. Ian was previously at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. Sometrics is focused on monetizeing the social web, providing solutions to maximize revenue from virtual...