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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A lot of work goes into planning the perfect day, so it comes as no surprise that the new bride does not want to spend hours trying to officially change over her last name. It was that type of problem that inspired Danielle Tate to launch her business, reports Financial Post. MissNowMrs.com has helped some
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The US divorce rate is seems to be a macabre indicator of the economic health of the country. The divorce rate that fell as the country slipped into recession is rising again, according to the Financial Times. “There is huge pent-up demand,†said Marshal Willick, a Las Vegas matrimonial attorney, who has noted an upturn
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Dana Burck and Greg Hill of Cincinnati were a happy young couple who enjoyed traveling, watching movies, and did a lot of online shopping together. The New York Times reports that last Tuesday evening, Hill kept Burck up late with caffeine and back rubs, until about 1 a.m., when she says, “and then we went
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Meg Cadoux Hirshberg is a journalist and the wife of Gary Hirshberg, president and CEO of Stonyfield Yogurt, she writes at Inc.com: No one, as far as I know, breaks out divorce statistics for entrepreneurs, but I’d wager they’re higher than the U.S. average. Fortunately, my husband and I are not among that number. The
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Sad. But profitable, I’m sure. The NY Times has a profile of the world’s first divorce insurance product. Here’s how its WedLock product works. The casualty insurance is designed to provide financial assistance in the form of cash to cover the costs of a divorce, such as legal proceedings or setting up a new apartment
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AOL Business has a great profile on the Fairway Divorce Solutions franchise: All’s fair in love and war, which may be why divorce often seems unfair. One person usually leaves the union feeling especially burned, either because he or she was blindsided and didn’t see the end coming, or because one person got the house
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