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JANUARY 2, 2014

Santa Monica-based online matchmaking site eHarmony rolled out its own Rose Bowl float yesterday, saying that it is the "first dot com" to have a float in the Rose Parade. eHarmony''s float, "Everlasting Love", featured Natalie Cole singing her song "This will be", as well as couples who met via eHarmony. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Santa Monica-based Comparably , the startup which helps employees and employers track compensation and company culture data, has snagged a high profile hire this morning, hiring on eHarmony veteran Armen Avedissian as its new Chief Marketing Officer. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

Santa Monica-based online matchmaking site eHarmony said Tuesday that it now has more than 600,000 marriages to its credit, with approximately one in seven people in America having subscribed to the service at one point or another. eHarmony also said it will be releasing its job matching service, Elevated Careers, in Q4.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Online dating site eHarmony is reporting that it's seeing an increasing number of users using its mobile apps to access its dating service, and also said that conversions of those users is up nearly 40 percent year to year. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Los Angeles-based matchmaking site eHarmony is approaching a redemption deadline from its last venture funding round, according to a report today from Reuters. It's unlikely that the venture firms would do so, however, given the current valuation of eHarmony, which has been rumored in recent months to be seeking an IPO.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Santa Monica-based matchmaking site eHarmony is looking to the overseas market to grow its service, saying today that it is launching a "globalization initiative" this year to add one new country per quarter to its service. eHarmony says it will create region-specific versions of its service, which will be customized for each country.

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APRIL 29, 2015

Santa Monica-based eHarmony the online matchmaking site, said Tuesday that it has completed the second phase of a major, IT refresh at the company. eHarmony said that its service is now built on top of Hadoop 2.0, eHarmony said that its service is now built on top of Hadoop 2.0, READ MORE>>.

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JULY 17, 2013

Greg Waldorf , who was the founding investor in Los Angeles-based eHarmony , and was previously its CEO, is the lead investment in an online education firm''s Series A. Series A funding for the company this morning. Grovo''s online video training site includes more than 3,500 video lessons on Internet tools and cloud services.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2016

A new study, released today by the Pew Research Center , says that more American adults are using online dating sites or mobile apps than ever before. The study said 15% of adults have used online dating sites or apps; with 9% having used dating apps. The Pew study called the move to mobile dating apps "dramatic". READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2010

The latest comScore Media Metrix ranking of top growing Internet properties shows that, among Southern California's Internet companies, Gorilla Nation , ProFlowers , and eHarmony saw big gains in their Internet traffic in February. Among other gaining sites were ProFlowers.com, which had a surge of 412 percent in uniques, to 5.3

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf I was just pointed to a set of great podcasts done by Stanford B-School and particularly, I just listed to the podcast by eHarmonys Greg Waldorf. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

A new, online coupon software "bookmarklet" called Koupon Kitty --backed by Juvo Capital, the investment firm of Talmadge O'Neill and Harry Tsao--said it launched Wednesday, to help consumers find the best coupon codes for various e-commerce sites. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

Former Vice President of Technology at eHarmony and Vice President of Engineering at the Rubicon Project. In this interview, Mark discusses how his experiences at Oracle, eHarmony and the Rubicon Project contributed to the creation of his latest venture, SteelHouse Media. There are two things I learned at eHarmony.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

The site, headed by Scott Saunders, uses social networking, gamification, and connections to social networking sites to help inspire users to pay of their debt and improve their finances. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. more in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

As I discussed in Matching Algorithm , I end up talking to a lot of startups who want to become the eHarmony of careers, eHarmony of clothes, eHarmony of jobs, eHarmony of tutoring, eHarmony of services, eHarmony of investments, etc. Let’s take a particular example: eHarmony of jobs.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

As I discussed in Matching Algorithm , I end up talking to a lot of startups who want to become the eHarmony of careers, eHarmony of clothes, eHarmony of jobs, eHarmony of tutoring, eHarmony of services, eHarmony of investments, etc. Let’s take a particular example: eHarmony of jobs.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Santa Monica-based SharesPost , the online marketplace for buying and selling shares in private companies, told its users Friday afternoon that it is dropping its subscription fee. The firm's site also includes research reports and other background information on those privately held firms.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Santa Monica-based SharesPost , which operates a secondary marketplace for privately held company shares, is expanding the amount of third party research on its market. According to the firm, it has added Blueshift Research and Liquid Scenarios as providers of private company research and data to its subscribers. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2009

According to the firm, it will allow buyers and sellers of privately held companies to sell and buy shares in privately held firms, through secondary market transactions. Among the private shares that sellers are looking to unload on the site are shares in Facebook, LinkedIn, SolarCity, Tesla Motors, and eHarmony, the firm said.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

One of the industries which has seen a lot of activity lately in Southern California is clean technology, with a large amount of investment activity and new company formation. What is the site all about? The web site caters only to people in the green space. It's easier to build a $25,000 company on the Internet.

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MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. And as a result we have bred a culture of companies that have been quite innovative on making money. company called Applied Semantics.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

This company was started by Victoria Duff (who many of us know from back in the late 90s), Phillis Lane (who I have known for quite a few years) and Jon Bukosky. They are quite happy with a business that will turn into a profitable $20M company and dont necessarily need an obvious exit strategy.

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MARCH 20, 2007

talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. I actually think this is a pretty innovative model.

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MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?"

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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MARCH 12, 2007

I had to laugh when an analyst with Forrester said in the article - As impressive as these results may be, myShape’s approach will probably fail to gain a mass audience unless the company can somehow simplify the measuring process, said Sucharita Mulpuru, an analyst with Forrester Research.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g., He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

For this morning's interview, we sat down and talked with Nick Desai , CEO of Global Fitness Media , which runs FitOrbit (www.fitorbit.com), an online site looking to help users put together a fitness and connect with fitness trainers. For those who haven't visited your site, what is FitOrbit? Thanks for talking with us.

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MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

And, yes, I realize that Im a service provider, but I also am a CTO for several companies. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years.

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MARCH 26, 2012

One of our advisors is Galen Buckwalter, the former Chief Scientist at eHarmony. There is no other site that helps you connect with people and also finds those with things in common. What's the story on how the company came about? He decided to invest in us in January of last year, and one of the first New Venture companies.

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MAY 5, 2011

Beansprout starts with companies registering and filling out a personals style profile. Beansprout is provided with the profile information and what sort of companies they in turn are seeking to match up with. A successful connection results in exchanged contact information between companies. https://www.bnsprt.com/.

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