Cassandra Daily: Eliminating the time suck that typically accompanies online dating, Coffee Meets Bagel is an online dating platform that does the legwork for its members by delivering one curated match each day to their inboxes. An email containing a photo and simple user profile arrives at noon, and the recipient has 24 hours to […]
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NY Times: Patrick Maignan, a robust gray-haired farmer, lives alone on his farm, surrounded only by the freshly plowed wheat fields of this lonely corner of northern France. The New York Times The lack of love in the countryside is a serious topic. Far from tourist routes and cellphone coverage, he works seven days a
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Alex Broches originally launched College Junkee as a way to connect Northern Illinois University students. A year later, he has rebranded his website. He now helps students connect with each other for dates. This recent change will allow him to grow his business in a big way, reports The Beacon-News. “It’s fast and easy,†said
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NY Times: Meet Brian Schechter and Aaron Schildkrout, creators of the online dating site HowAboutWe, which until lately targeted an obvious demographic: singles. … The site has been a success, attracting more than 700,000 date ideas. But its founders quickly discovered the commercial paradox of the dating site: The better you are at finding love
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When I was young, and single, I used to visit bookstores. Not just because I loved to read, but also because I thought it might have been a good place to meet girls. (It wasn’t.) You can tell a lot about a person by the kinds of books they read. What reader hasn’t made a
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In 2010, when Maria Seidman wanted to start a iPad app company, she needed a tech wiz to get the biz off the ground. She posted what as essentially a dating add for a cofounder: “Well-connected, passionate entrepreneur with a decade of experience launching and running digital businesses at a major media company is seeking
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Cassandra Daily: Eliminating the time suck that typically accompanies online dating, Coffee Meets Bagel is an online dating platform that does the legwork for its members by delivering one curated match each day to their inboxes. An email containing a photo and simple user profile arrives at noon, and the recipient has 24 hours to
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NY Times: Patrick Maignan, a robust gray-haired farmer, lives alone on his farm, surrounded only by the freshly plowed wheat fields of this lonely corner of northern France. The New York Times The lack of love in the countryside is a serious topic. Far from tourist routes and cellphone coverage, he works seven days a
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With the rise of online dating sites in the last fifteen years, you might be tempted to think that there’s no more demand for traditional matchmakers. You’d be wrong: Krystal Walter decided to start her own matchmaking business after discovering a void in the marketplace — and in the hearts of Albertans. “I wanted to
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Fast Company: Like so much online content, love don’t cost a thing. But it can earn the right startup a bundle. Online dating is a $1.5 billion per year industry in the U.S., according to estimates by David Evans, a consultant in the field and author of the Online Dating Insider. About 1,500 sites populate
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