Interview: HR Director on Badoo’s Fast-Paced Environment
Badoo’s dating empire has continued to grow impressively in recent months, both in terms of its own dating app, which
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Interview: Toffee Founder on 2019 International Expansion
Toffee, the dating app for the privately educated, has enjoyed a banner few months since launching in the UK. Massive
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Interview: Jack’d Marketing Director Tips GBTQ Video Dating
Last month, Global Dating Insights released the 2019 edition of the GDI Power Book – our celebration of the influencers,
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Interview: The Meet Group CEO Talks Growlr Acquisition
When The Meet Group released its end-of-year financial results, it also announced the complete acquisition of Growlr, a gay dating
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Interview: Dr. Michael Merzenich Discusses the Neuroscience Behind Dating Apps
Dr. Michael Merzenich is the Chief Scientific Officer of Posit Science, a company that develops plasticity-based brain training software and
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Interview: App Annie MD on Niche Dating Apps, Regional Differences and Network Effects
App Annie recently released its annual ‘State of Mobile’ report, analysing which trends are affecting individual mobile app sectors. The online
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Interview: Temptr and Yapa Founder Jack Knowles on Mental Health and Online Dating
Jack Knowles is a British entrepreneur who has won several awards for the success of his digital businesses. He is
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Interview: App Annie Expert on 2018-19 Dating Trends
App Annie, an app market data and analytics provider, has been releasing a number of end-of-year insights relevant to dating
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Interview: Meet Badoo’s Head of Growth Marketing
Ira Krachanovskaya is the Head of Growth Marketing at Badoo. She leads a team of six focused on user acquisition
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Interview: Sugarbook CEO On Sugar Dating Controversies
Sugar dating platforms are receiving huge amounts of media attention in 2018, from African examples getting featured on the BBC
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Interview: Instagrammer Turns Viral Dating Screenshots Into Book
After several hostile interactions on dating apps, Alexandra Tweten set up the Instagram account @ByeFelipe. The account is a place
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Interview: HIMYNAMEIS Founder Olle Morin Seeks Sale
HIMYNAMEIS, a newly developed dating app that integrates short videos into Tinder-style profiles, is up on sale worldwide. The platform
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Interview: Badoo’s CMO Talks Digital Wellbeing
Last week, Badoo crossed the 400 million user mark. The milestone comes after a 2018 in which the London-based dating
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Interview: CLiKD’s Summer Interns Discuss 10 Dates in 10 Weeks
CLiKD’s Summer Internship is underway for its second year. Over 800 singles applied for the position, which sees the winner
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Interview: Toffee Founder Talks Media Attention and Inspiration
Toffee is a new dating app targeting the privately educated. Since launch, it has been covered by the BBC, Mirror,
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Interview: Returning Online Dating Association CEO Talks Regulation and Mission
The Online Dating Association is an independently run organisation dedicated to maintaining standards within the industry. It was founded in
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Interview: HER’s Senior Growth Marketer Talks 2018 & Re-branding
HER is a geo-social networking app aimed towards lesbian, queer, bisexual and bi-curious women. The app has successfully expanded into
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Interview: happn’s Head of Trends Talks Modern Dating and User Privacy
happn is the first mobile dating app to use real-time geolocation to help users discover people they’ve crossed paths with
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Audio: Peter Sloterdyk on Pronouns, Egypt and INTO Magazine
Late 2017 saw a number of high profile changes at Grindr. The dating app introduced new gender pronouns (many of which applied to
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Interview: Jdate Great-Grandmother On Modern Dating and Featuring in an Ad Campaign
Bea Slater, a 90-year-old great-grandmother, is the latest face of Jewish dating platform Jdate. The New Jersey lady has never modelled
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Interview: The Inner Circle’s Nichi Hodgson on Women in Tech and Free Female Memberships
The Inner Circle is giving away 17% (1 in 6) female memberships today to mark International Women’s Day. The move
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Interview: Yoti CEO Talks the State of Technology in the Digital Identity World
Yoti is a brand new, UK based digital identity app which claims to be “The easiest, most secure way to prove your
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Video: GDI Meets Ollie Locke, Made in Chelsea Star and Co-founder of Chappy
Chappy is a new platform seeking to provide gay men with a safe, welcoming and high quality app for connecting
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happn Survey Reveals Dating Habits and Gender Differences
happn has undertaken a new survey to reveal the UK’s dating habits, finding vast differences between genders and regions. The
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Interview: ‘Meetwo’ Startup Co-founder Talks Launch Day
Meetwo is a freshly launched dating app that “celebrates your singularity”. Available on Android and soon to be released on
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Video: GDI Meets the COO of Pollen VC
Ritesh Thadani is the Chief Operating Officer of Pollen VC. Pollen enables dating apps and other tech companies to fund
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Video: GDI Meets Gaydar’s Managing Director
Gaydar is one of the most recognisable LGBTQ brands in the world. Initially set up as a desktop site in
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GDI Meets the Owner of Hub People
Hub People is a white label platform based on the Isle of Man (UK). They tailor free or for-profit social
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Interview: Grand Slam Media and Dating Profits Limited Collaborate
Digital advertisers Grand Slam Media have made big moves in the dating sector in 2017, working with TrafficPartner earlier in
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Interview: Jungle Creations Managing Partner on Viral Marketing
In November, GDI interviewed Yoti, the UK based digital identity app that recently went viral with their ‘Little Casanova’ Facebook
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