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MAY 3, 2018

A report today from TechCrunch said the new dating features announced this week by Facebook are being developed in Los Angeles, by former eHarmony Chief Scientist Steve Carter. According to the report, Carter helped design the psychometric and relationship models that became the basis of eHarmony. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

Santa Monica-based eHarmony , the online dating and matchmaking site, announced this morning that it has named Jeremy Verba as its new Chief Executive Officer. The site said that Verba will help the firm as its expands its markets internationally and via mobile. Online, and CNET. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 31, 2009

Pasadena-based eHarmony has launched a gay and lesbian web site, Compatible Partners , which the firm says will help gay and lesbian singles to find long-term relationships. eHarmony said that pricing for Compatible Partners will be the same as eHarmony.com. Tags: eharmony compatible partners lesbian dating. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Everyone knows that Southern California is already home to quite a few online dating sites, like eHarmony , but how about startups? Tinder, created by startup vets Sean Rad (Ad.ly) and Justin Mateen, uses your iPhone and data from your Facebook profile to help match you with potential candidates for dating. Let's Date. Three Day Rule.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

A new, Altadena-based startup, Rexter , has scored some funding to help it build its software algorithms and tools to help manage a user's professional relationships. The company--co-founded by Andy Wilson (Momentum Venture Partners, Yahoo) and John Slade (Yahoo)--apparently recently raised a round which included Siemer Ventures.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The startup--backed by Quest Ventures, Siemer Ventures, Sienna Ventures, and others--not only will help you impress your romantic couple this Friday--the startup also has a feature to help you keep that romance alive by reminding you, and automatically sending flowers for things like birthdays and anniversaries. Let us know!

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JANUARY 17, 2012

Avedissian also was at eHarmony. Convertro's offers up technology to track marketing conversions, helping companies to optimize their marketing efforts to drive sales. Avedissian was most recently Chief Revenue Officer at MyLife. Zwelling said that Avedissian is "the biggest hitter" in the area of attribution and media optimization.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Truly Social Apps , a UK-based mobile app development firm, launched its new flirting app for singles here today, saying that its new apps-- Flirt Planet Meet and Flirt Planet Play --are targeted at helping people practice their flirting skills. READ MORE>>. flirt flirting mobile flirtplanet meeting dating snapchat tinder'

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MARCH 19, 2013

The startup, led by Andy Wilson, said it has created a big-data driven system to analyze a user's professional relationship, and helps organize and syncrhonize contact data, emails, meetings, and phone calls. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

The new startup--backed by longtime area startup veteran Jon Kraft, and run by TV stars Steven and JoAnn Ward (Master Matchmakers, VH-1)--said it is looking to help online daters gain a level of trust in online profiles, and to help conquer the issue of daters "seriously misrepresenting" themselves on their profile. READ MORE>>.

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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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APRIL 19, 2012

The service helps to arrange gatherings of six to 12 singles at top restaurants in a city. Among the firm's executives is former eHarmony executive Grant Hosford, who is heading up the firm's efforts to launch the service. San Diego is the startup's first major market, and it hopes to expand the concept nationally.

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MAY 2, 2011

Pasadena-based Triptrotting , a new startup funded by Idealab, is launching its service today, to help match travelers to like-minded local hosts. Triptrotting uses an algorithm to match travelers and locals, to help them on their trips. Triptrotting's founders are Aigerim Duiseneyeva and Shana Zheng.

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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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OCTOBER 19, 2011

The firm said its new "Trips" feature helps iPhone users to take pictures and track their travels, allowing them to share those travels and locations with their friends. The firm said the updated app helps users record and share those trips with friends via Facebook, Twitter, email, text, or within a blog or other web page.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

Los Angeles-based Payoff.com , the online personal finance website aimed at helping consumers pay of their debt, has raised $2.0M 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. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 11, 2012

Fullerton-based HipGeo , the location tracking and social sharing software developer headed by Rich Rygg, has launched a new iPhone app, looking to help users track, document, and share their travels. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 29, 2011

In particular, the firm is looking to help consumers pay off their debt and meet savings goals, with a social twist. Among the notable advisors to the firm is Dr. Galen Buckwalter, founder and Chief Scientist at eHarmony. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Fullerton-based HipGeo , the developer of location-aware website applications backed by Morado Venture Partners, eHarmony's Galen Buckwalter, and angel Robert Bingham, said today that it has released its new public Application Programming Interface (API).

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

OnGreen said it has partnered with Zhongguancun Science Park (Z-Park), which operates a science and technology center housing more than 20,000 companies, to help match clean technology companies between Chinese companies and the rest of the world. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Because I was the Acting CTO for eHarmony at it's start, I quite often get introduced to people who have an idea for a startup company that is based on some kind of matching algorithm. They describe the company as the eHarmony of careers, clothes, jobs, college, tutoring services, doctors, service companies, investments, etc.

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MAY 21, 2012

Most notably, he was the original CTO for eHarmony for its first four years making him partly responsible for more than 4% of the marriages every year. He ends by looking at how this might help startups in the room. So, here goes: Dr. Tony Karrer Over the past 15 years, Tony has been a part-time CTO for more than 30 startups.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Computer dating apps, like eHarmony and OkCupid, which is traditional, computer dating taken into mobile, and apps very focused on proximity, finding people close to you. This was an opportunity to really care about design, to help people create their social dating identity, and have a chance to present themselves to the dating community.

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JULY 16, 2013

That includes events and activities helping to connect inventors, scientists, and reachers, and encourage them to look more horizontally, and less vertically. They can tell us what it is, what the business plan is, what the audience is, and the benefit of that event and we''ll help them get started. Andy Wilson: Great question.

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MAY 19, 2008

I've recently begun a round table that I'm hoping will help in a small way, but even there it's going to barely scratch the surface. eHarmony for start-up / advisor relationships? Maybe Andrew, Chris and I will figure out a way to address the friction around this.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Find the best and brightest next generation of entrepreneurs and help them to be more successful. Help these companies get funded and let them know that if they stayed in LA there was an ecosystem to support them. We will host “founder dating&# events to help the CEO’s gain access to technology talent and vice-versa.

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JUNE 16, 2009

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. 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. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. We wanted to use the Internet to make things easy and help create initial connections.

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APRIL 1, 2013

We spoke with CEO and founder Andy Wilson about how Rexter is looking to help business professionals further develop their relationships. The thesis of Rexter, is that essentially, we're helping you to developer your network and turn those into relationships that drive success. What exactly is Rexter?

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MARCH 26, 2012

The Los Angeles startup is looking to help connect travelers with local guides and hosts. One of our advisors is Galen Buckwalter, the former Chief Scientist at eHarmony. He helped us develop the algorithm, which suggests people in your destination most in common with you. What's the story on how the company came about?

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MARCH 12, 2007

Having worked on eHarmony where the intake is 2 hours and was completely counter to the prevailing trend, I think the analyst missed the point. Maybe its because Im 66", but I think most clothes shopping really stinks and when was the last time that a sales person was actually helpful. I really think MyShape has a great concept.

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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 17, 2007

What can they do for funding, where can they go for help? He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. This is something Ive always wondered about. Theres many good companys that will never turn into a $100M VC kind of company. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Along the way, I co-authored three books on one-to-one marketing ( [link] ) to help marketers learn how to built and nature relationships with their customers. One of the places where eHarmony really took off was on radio. It's interesting to see that from someone who runs a company that helps people hold events.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Recent alliances in both the emergency responder and warehouse space will allow us to deliver a best-in-class solution to help manage teams, workflow, and efficiency through our wide-screen, large battery, full OS, wearable. Sensay is the most helpful person you’ve never met. Anyone can be a Sensay and help others to earn tips.

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MAY 15, 2009

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?" In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations.

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MARCH 20, 2007

Disclosure: we helped build the system that is behind these.) He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. 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 twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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