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eHarmony: More Than 542 People Married Every Day Through Site

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Pasadena-based eHarmony , the online dating site, said today that it has run a study which determined that on average, there are 542 people married every day in the U.S. due to the web site. The study was conducted by Harris Interactive for eHarmony. The study was conducted by Harris Interactive for eHarmony. READ MORE>>.

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Report: Online Search Terms Reflect Financial Turmoil

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A study of online search terms, released this week by comScore, is finding that the turmoil in the financial market is not only taking its toll on consumer's pocketbooks, but also their online search behavior. comScore is a firm that tracks online web traffic and ecommerce.

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Interview with Elizabeth Amini, Anti-Aging Games

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I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. You don't need a CD, or hardware, it's completely web based. How did you end up starting the site? This is my third company.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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There were no unicorns in sight on April 14th, 2008 when Kevin O'Connor, my Partner Jim Andelman and I met Twilio's Founder and CEO, Jeff Lawson. A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3 billion).

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. Most of my MBA classes were a waste (since I had studied economics as an undergrad) but one totally changed my thinking. Many may simply hit the wall.

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The Future of Couponing | How Social-Local-Mobile has Changed the Game

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The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;” this factor combined with an increased consumer interest in mobile technology and devices led to an unprecedented decline in print media. Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons.

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Interview with Ryan Disraeli And Stacy Stubblefield, Telesign

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Stacy Stubblefield: We do two factor authentication, which basically means we send text messages with the codes you get when you log into a web site or even when you're just registering for a website. Ryan Disraeli: I was studying business with an emphasis on entrepreneurship. Talk about Telesign and what you do?