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DinnerDate.com Launches Group Dating Service In San Diego

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Are you single, but really hate setting up those one-on-one dates? The startup recently launched a beta of its service in San Diego, hoping to allow local singles to meet each other in a group environment over food and drink. San Diego is the startup's first major market, and it hopes to expand the concept nationally.

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Four Local Startups Who Are Helping You Find Romance For Valentine's Day

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Everyone knows that Southern California is already home to quite a few online dating sites, like eHarmony , but how about startups? Just ahead of Valentine's Day, here are four local, Southern California startups who are focused on matching you up with your potential romantic partner. Let's Date. DinnerDate.com.

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HipGeo Expands Reach

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Fullerton-based HipGeo , the startup developer of a mobile app for tracking a user's travels, said today that the firm is now seeing posts from 125 countries and over 4,864 cities on its app. executives Ash Patel and Michael Marquez, Galen Buckwalter, the former Chief Scientist of eHarmony, and San Diego angel investor Robert Bingham.

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How DinnerDate.com Takes Online Dating Offline, with Andrew Connell

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Andrew Connell is the CEO of DinnerDate.com , a startup which has been in beta in San Diego for the last few months, and is just now expanding out to new markets. We spoke with Andrew about the startup and what it's all about. I have a background that's combination of startups and corporate. What's DinnerDate.com?

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Interview with Rich Rygg, HipGeo

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Earlier this month, Fullerton-based HipGeo (www.hipgeo.com) announced a $500,000 funding round from Morado Venture Partners, the seed fund of ex-Yahoo executives Ash Patel and Michael Marquez, eHarmony's Galen Buckwalter, and San Diego angel investor Bob Bingham. Explain what HipGeo does? Alerts can come in three categories.

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Of Catfish & Fickle Lovers: Aste CEO Talks Online Dating’s Downsides

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There are millions of fish in the sea, and dating apps have made it easier to quickly find and connect with a lot more of those would-be catches. But the ease of creating an online dating profile—and the lack of oversight by the companies running such services—means that users can, and often do, misrepresent themselves.

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