BUSINESS INSIDER UK – May 21 – 150 people attended a very first sleepaway camp for singles, organized by the dating app Coffee Meets Bagel. During the 3day camp, several singletons had coupled up, while others were pretty close to doing so.
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Q&A With Sam Yagan
BUSINESS INSIDER – May 19 – ShopRunner CEO Sam Yagan is the cofounder of SparkNotes and OkCupid, and was head of Match Group for 7 years. One of the luckiest moments of his life was meeting his college roommates. Together, they built a study guide website called SparkNotes. Then, they built an online dating empire. They started OKCupid while Yagan was getting his MBA at Stanford. Yagan is now the CEO of ShopRunner – a company that brings Amazon Prime-like benefits to customers for use on a network of shopping sites.
by Richard Feloni & Anna Mazarakis
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Ashley Madison’s CTO: Facebook’s Dating Will Be Just Another Ad Platform
BUSINESS INSIDER – May 12 – At the beginning of May, Facebook announced it was launching a dating product. It drew a lot of attention from other leaders in the industry, including the CEO of Happn, Didier Rappaport, who said the announcement was just "trying to distract" from the recent data scandal. According to Ashley Madison's CTO Ruben Buell, if Facebook is sticking with its traditional methods of making money, it will be pushing an ad based model so users are essentially the product. This, Buell said, may conjure up some concerns from users. In general, people are getting more savvy about how much of their information on Facebook is publicly available to view. So Buell said this may be a challenge for Facebook going forward.
by Lindsay Dodgson
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SeekingArrangement Hosted “Sugar Baby Summit”
BUSINESS INSIDER – May 9 – SeekingArrangement, an online dating service for sugar babies and daddies, hosted a conference in New York City. One of the panels focused on money in sugar dating. According to the panelists, sugar dating isn't just about money – it's about developing a relationship and respecting each other's feelings. In fact, it's generally considered a faux pas to ask for money right off the bat. "The financial aspect of the relationship is something that can be brought up once a level of trust has been built. Anyone asking for money upfront is treating the situation as a job, and Sugar dating is not a job, it's a lifestyle choice," according to the website.
by Shana Lebowitz
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People Working In These Jobs Are More Likely To Cheat On Their Partners
BUSINESS INSIDER UK – Apr 11 – According to a new survey from "infidelity dating site" Victoria Milan the top cheating professions are bankers, pilots, doctors and CEOs.
by Tom Hale
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Berkeley International – The Billionaire Matchmaking
BUSINESS INSIDER – Apr 10 – Berkeley's pricing starts from £15k ($21k) and goes up to £60k ($85k) for private headhunting, with a year of unlimited introductions. For highly tailored packages they can charge up to £100k. Berkeley International is headquartered in London's prestigious Berkeley Square in Mayfair, and operates in 13 locations across Europe – from Copenhagen to Cannes – as well as New York and Melbourne. The business is booming thanks to a combination of digital dating fatigue and global uncertainty – a trend she calls the "lipstick effect." "When times are tough people spend more on themselves and the same applies to dating and introductions," said Mairead Molloy, the global director of matchmaking at Berkeley International.
by Rosie Fitzmaurice
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For Badoo’s Founder Andrey Andreev Food Is His Biggest Passion
Waving – A New App With Voice Profiles
BUSINESS INSIDER – Mar 13 – Instead of showing profile pictures and text, Waving plays people's voice. After telling the app what a user is looking for in a potential date, it will show him/her the pictureless profiles of possible matches and lets him/her listen to the recordings they've made. Users can record themselves saying whatever they like and can title each recording as they wish, such as "Hello," "Hobbies," or "Things I Like." For now, Waving isn't policing what people say in their recordings or how they label them. Unfortunately, Waving abandons voice messages as soon as users match and then they start text messaging just like on most other dating apps.
TheSugarBook, The Controversial Malaysian Dating Platform, To Host A Launch Party
BUSINESS INSIDER – Mar 13 – TheSugarBook matches younger "sugar babies" with older and wealthier men and women. Their launch party is set for April 27 at the Imperial by Zouk nightspot in Kuala Lumpur. In Singapore, a Member of Parliament said that the police will keep a close watch on the platform and action will be taken if money is found to be exchanged for sexual services among users.
Tinder Is Not The #1 Dating App In Japan
BUSINESS INSIDER – Mar 6 – The online dating market continues to grow in Japan as well. The market size was ~ 25.6B yen in 2017 (~ 200M Eur), and according to forecasts, it should grow 37.4B yen (~290M Eur) in 2018, or by 46% according to Business Insider Japan. However, Tinder is not the largest dating app on the Japanese market. It is Pairs, a Facebook-based dating app that is also owned by Match Group.
by Jonas Grundler
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