by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups, Profiles & Matching, Social: Dating & Networking
Social dating and discovery in its current format is based on a wobbly foundation of media spin, investors (both gullible and heroic) and the reality that singles are tired of the decade-old dating site model. The dating industry needed a swift kick in the pants, and...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
One of the statements that stood out during the Online Dating Summit CEO panel was that online dating sites facilitate introductions. We are so used to dating sites boasting about their matching systems, yet dating sites are simply putting likely candidates in front...
by David Evans | Dating Conferences & Events, Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets, Dating Research, Dating Safety, Dating Site Features, Mobile Dating, Online Dating Industry, Online Dating Innovation, Social: Dating & Networking, Uncategorized
It was great to see everyone at Online Dating Summit in Miami! Met a lot of readers from EU and AU as well as key players at top US dating sites. Many people were fried after Affiliate Summit in Vegas. My keynote presentation is at http://slidesha.re/WUcGU5 Sign up...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
LikeBright, the Seattle matchmaking startup, has been selected to join the Bing Fund, a Microsoft angel fund and incubator program sponsored by Bing. According to TNW: Why is Bing interested in the startup? Mostly due to its fusion of social data and search, something...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Social: Dating & Networking
I have been using Coffee Meets Bagel for a while now. The site boasts six thousand direct connections between members as of Sept. ’12, 439,355 introductions overall as of today. One match is emailed to you every day at noon. It’s about quality not quantity and...