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The Most Searched Online Dating Apps In USA
BUSTLE – Feb 28 – Technology company Quantcast looked at ~480k searches from January 6, 2017 – February 5, 2017 to see what apps people are searching for. Different states seem to go for different apps.
- POF came out as the highest indexed dating app, followed by Tinder
- Grindr is popular on the West coast
- New Yorkers are all about Happn
- Coffee Meets Bagel is most popular in Hawaii
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Q&A With CoffeeMeetsBagel Co-Founder Dawoon Kang
Q: What was the inspiration for starting Coffee Meets Bagel?
A: We noticed that dating was a big pain point for a lot of our friends, especially women. We started paying attention to the dating industry and realized there were no dating services that understood women.
Q: What's the biggest challenge you've faced in your startup journey?
A: This is a job where challenges never end. First was starting a tech company with no tech background. Second was getting someone to join an all-sister, first-time entrepreneur team.
Q: What's it like working with 3 sisters who are all cofounders?
A: I feel so lucky to have partners I can fully trust, respect, and share anything with.
Q: You have raised $11.2M in venture funding. What advice can you offer female founders on raising capital?
A: Be smart and selective about who you pitch to. Be persistent. Don't be disappointed or take it personally just because they don't agree with your thesis – move on and find someone who does. Take their advice with grain of salt and use it as a way to hone your next pitch.
Q: What are the next steps for your business?
A: Serving international markets.
What Is It Like To Date While Blind?
by Alexandra E. Petri
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Coffee Meets Bagel Is Launching New Apps – DateSpots.co And Mixtape
TECH CRUNCH – Coffee Meets Bagel, the dating app that shows you one match per day, has build new apps with the help of Yelp and Spotify. The first app is called DateSpots.co and it lets people search for the perfect spot for a first date. The second one is Mixtape. Using Spotify's public API, Mixtape lets users build out collaborative playlists with their dates.
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Tinder’s Competitors Are Banking On Its Sleazy Image
BUSINESS INSIDER – Nov 5 – When Tinder launched in 2012, every match felt like an adrenaline rush. But those matches are no longer quite as exciting. A 2016 study looked at the user reviews of 97 dating apps and analyzed how their quality scores have changed over the past year. Tinder experienced the largest YOY decline. In a 2016 survey by Consumers' Research, 13% of Tinder users reported relationships lasting longer than one month. Its photo-based interface probably contributed to its hookup image. Apps like Bumble, Hinge, Happn, Coffee Meets Bagel, Siren, Her are not heavily photo-based. Bumble has a similar interface as Tinder, but doesn't have the reputation of being a hookup app. That's because only women can message their matches first on Bumble. Men seem to like the app because women seem to take more initiative in starting a conversation. Siren, which launched in late 2015, abandons the swipe interface entirely. It features a daily question and a feed that displays users' answers.
Trending Business Q&A With Coffee Meets Bagel COO
BLOOMBERG – Aug 29 – Dawoon Kang, co-founder and COO at Coffee Meets Bagel, discusses how the dating app works, how it differs from other dating sites and the outlook for the company.
Key points:
- Coffee Meets Bagel is a female focused dating app that delivers quality matches at noon each day.
- CMB is a freemium app that allows users to buy extras with "coffee beans" virtual currency.
- The app is not yet profitable but Dawoon said the app is now seeing a double digit monthly revenue growth.
- CMB plans to expand into China and Korea.
Coffee Meets Bagel Will Send Users More Matches A Day
by Katie Roof
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Dating Apps With Highest % Of Women
BUSINESS INSIDER – Jun 3 – SurveyMonkey Intelligence looked at the numbers to see which dating apps have the highest proportion of women. Christian Mingle scored the top spot, with women-friendly apps like Coffee Meets Bagel and Bumble also scoring high. Tinder and Happn ranked lower, while, unsurprisingly, gay app Grindr fell in last place.
Monetization, Churn And How To Stand Out In The Mobile Dating Space
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