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Updating Dating

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Scott Duke Kominers and Alan Lam
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:15
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Abstract

To identify design ideas for their own startup, two MBAs compare the different profiling, matching, and monetization approaches employed by five incumbent dating services: Coffee Meets Bagel, OKCupid, Jiayuan, Dating Ring, and HurryDate.

Keywords

Marketplace Design; Dating Services; Entrepreneurship; Market Design; United States; China

Citation

Eisenmann, Thomas R., Scott Duke Kominers, and Alan Lam. "Updating Dating." Harvard Business School Case 818-052, October 2017.
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Thomas R. Eisenmann

Entrepreneurial Management
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Scott Duke Kominers

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