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Tag: Dating

Jaumo co-founders: How to inject love back into the dating industry

October 11, 2018

By Annie May Noonan

These founders are shaking up the digital dating industry with their new venture. Jaumo is set to diversify a turgid online dating scene.

After unpleasant ordeals, this banker quit to chase business dream with Whoomies

October 23, 2017

By Zen Terrelonge

Pressured for being a woman and inspired by her clients, this private banker quit to solve a problem she and many others faced when looking for roommates.

How adultery service Ashley Madison matured after two years in exile

August 17, 2017

By Zen Terrelonge

Two years ago, infidelity site Ashley Madison was at the centre of a hacking scandal that leaked details of over 30m users. However, the company has now exclusively told Real Business about how the attack made it stronger and, ironically, more mature.

Bumble CEO teams Ollie Locke for investment in gay dating app Chappy

December 21, 2016

By Zen Terrelonge

Through her growing female-centric dating service Bumble, Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe has backed gay dating app Chappy, which has been created by Made in Chelsea’s Ollie Locke.

The art of business dating: Make your customers swipe right

October 7, 2016

By Staff writer

Getting the business-customer relationship right from the offset is difficult. You don’t know much about the person or the way they like to interact but you?ll go above and beyond to make it a success and win that customer loyalty.

The title of entrepreneur no longer holds a sway on whether you get right-swiped on Tinder

September 13, 2016

By Shane Schutte

At the beginning of the year, dating app Tinder unveiled a new feature which enabled users to reveal their jobs – something it said had resulted in more matches to prospective partners. Six months later, it’s used the feature to find out which jobs are right-swiped most often.

The Apprentice final: Alan Sugar’s experts on why he was right to dump DatePlay

December 21, 2015

By Ross Williams and Roman Bertrand

The final episode of The Apprentice 2015 aired on 20 December and two of the dating experts appointed by Alan Sugar, Venntro Media CEO Ross Williams and eHarmony UK country manager Romain Bertrand, have detailed why he made the right choice to avoid investing in Vana Koutsomitis’ DatePlay.

Tinder takes inspiration from LinkedIn to include career and education details

November 11, 2015

By Zen Terrelonge

Seemingly Tinder has a crush on LinkedIn. The controversial dating app appears to have taken inspiration from the professional network and cleaned up its act with an update that invites users to include job and education details on their profiles.

What the IPO of Tinder owner Match Group means for the online dating sector

November 11, 2015

By Ross Williams

Ross Williams, founder and CEO of online dating company Venntro Media Group, explains what’s next for online dating businesses as the sector reaches maturity as Tinder parent Match Group plans an IPO.

The top ten cities for business leaders to win deals and love

September 10, 2015

By Zen Terrelonge

Consistently making journeys for work on your own can be considered a lonely experience, but there’s an increasing trend of business travellers that are making the most of the situation – by taking a date along to win their heart, in addition to that big deal.

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