Online Dating

Culture

Why Bumble's Anti-Bullying Open Letter to a Male User Is Totally on Brand

The feminist dating app's opposition to traditional gender roles goes beyond who makes the first move.

Social Media

The Kinky Ménage à Trois Startup That Tinder Wants to Kill (and How It's Fighting Back)

3nder, the 'Tinder for threesomes,' scored some free media coverage with its campaign to get users to ship stinky socks to Tinder.

Business News

Dating Site Matches Americans Fleeing Trump With Canadians

'Maple Match makes it easy for Americans to find the ideal Canadian partner to save them from the unfathomable horror of a Trump presidency,' the Maple Match website reads.

Business News

Match Group Revenue Beats Expectations as Tinder Attracts More Paying Users

The company -- which owns multiple dating websites, including OKCupid, Tinder and Match.com -- said its average paid-member count increased 36 percent in the first quarter.

Branding

Seeing a Brand 'Probortunity,' Tinder Awards Scholarship to Sorority Girl Penalized for Using the Viral Dating App

'When we found out what Shannon was going through, we wanted to help and turn the experience into a positive one,' co-founder and CEO Sean Rad tells Entrepreneur.

Growing a Business

Tinder Aims to Make Matching More 'Humin' With New Acquisition

'We both were trying to solve the problem of how do we use technology to get people to meet and connect in the physical world.'

Buying / Investing in Business

8 Reasons Online Dating Sites Are a Business Dead End

Dating site customers are fickle, hard to please and will dump one site for another without explanation. Sort of like the worst person you've ever dated.

Growing a Business

YouTube's Co-Founder Just Made a $1.65 Billion Case for the Early Pivot

The company was originally going to be a dating site. Good thing co-founders Steve Chen, Jawed Karim and Chad Hurley listened to what their users had to say.

Technology

How This Startup Enables Young Guns to Hook Up With Their Dream Match

This startup enables young generation to find someone who is in sync with them by just a click of a button.

Technology

Decoding Dating Apps: Risks and Use

It is often said that people we meet -- like a friend, a date, or even a chance encounter can change our lives forever. And that's what exactly Tinder, a dating app is doing for those who are single.