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Match Inc CEO Sam Yagan Reveals How Math And Data Predict Love Online

Sam Yagan is the co-founder of OkCupid. He now runs all of Match Inc for IAC. Yagan says IAC's dati…

Alyson Shontell   


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Wall Street analysts are betting on another online dating boom, but investors still aren't sure about the swipe-right revolution

Analysts argue that dating apps aren't a form of discretionary spending that's at risk of being cut…

Jennifer Sor   


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OkCupid founder and ShopRunner CEO reveals how online dating and shopping apps are similar

Yagan is currently taking a break from the online dating business as the CEO of ShopRunner, a servi…

Shoshy Ciment   


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The 'grandfather of online dating' reveals the 3 crucial questions that can predict long-term compatibility in a relationship

He founded OKCupid in 2003 with some friends whom he met while attending Harvard University, where …

Shoshy Ciment   


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The cofounder of OKCupid says immigration is 'the ultimate entrepreneurship'

"'The things they think about when they wake up in the morning and the things I think about when I …

Richard Feloni,Myelle Lansat   


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Starting a company won't make you a good CEO, says the serial entrepreneur cofounder of OKCupid

"If your first job is a CEO, like, normally you'd train for this job and you'd become a domain expe…

Myelle Lansat,Richard Feloni   


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The cofounder of OKCupid says 3 lucky moments led him to run a multi-billion-dollar company

We sold SparkNotes twice - the second time we sold it to Barnes and Noble. And I stayed at Barnes a…

Richard Feloni,Anna Mazarakis   


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I asked everyone from a billionaire tech founder to a former Navy SEAL commander what it means to be successful, and money was only an afterthought

We start by examining the nature of attaining it with a reply from LinkedIn's billionaire cofounder…

Sarah Wyman,Richard Feloni   


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OkCupid Co-Founder Says He Supports Gay Marriage, In Light Of Donating To An Anti-Gay Congressman

A decade ago, I made a contribution to Representative Chris Cannon because he was the ranking Repub…

Megan Rose Dickey   


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Mike Arrington Says OkCupid's 'Hypocritical' CEO Uses 'Explicitly Evil' PR Stunts

According to federal election records, Yagan donated $500 in 2004 to U.S. Congressman Chris Cannon …

Megan Rose Dickey   


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Bootstrapped dating site PlentyOfFish has fewer than 100 employees and Match just bought it for $575 million in cash

Match Group CEO Sam Yagan said in a statement he'd had his eye on PlentyOfFish for over ten years. …

Nathan McAlone   


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Martha Stewart Is Looking For Love On Match.com

But she is giving the matchmaking website another try after speaking to Match.com chief executive S…

Megan Willett   


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Actually, Tinder Is Not Worth $5 Billion

Two LA startup executives tell Business Insider that IAC purchased 10% of Tinder from former Facebo…

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This App Schedules A Date Between Two People Who Know Nothing About Each Other

To use it, all you have to do is sign up, create a basic profile, select places you'd like to meet,…

Megan Rose Dickey   


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The company behind Tinder is trying to raise $400 million in its IPO

Match Group is the world's leading provider of dating products. We operate a portfolio of over 45 b…

Rob Price   


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OKCupid Has A 'Feature' That Looks A Lot Like A Security Flaw That Gives People Access To Your Profile

It works like this: Whenever the site has cause to send you an email, links inside that email conta…

Dylan Love   


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OKCupid Has A 'Feature' That Looks A Lot Like A Security Flaw That Gives People Access To Your Profile

It works like this: Whenever the site has cause to send you an email, links inside that email conta…

Dylan Love   


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Dating Site OkCupid Now Lets You Pay To Sort Potential Matches By Body Type

Dating sites act as a catalyst for people who would have never met otherwise to meet in person and …

Caroline Moss   


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OkCupid's 'Crazy' App Lets You Go On A Blind Date Once Per Day

"There is no excuse for people who are dating to not be going on dates all the time. If it's 5 p.m.…

Kevin Smith