December 2009
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Nominate Gelato! "The Crunchies" Awards
Nominations for the 2009 Crunchies Awards are now open, and we’d be ecstatic if you’d consider nominating Gelato for the “Best Bootstrapped Startup” category Crunchie.
The Crunchies are essentually the “Oscars” for the tech world, hosted annually by Gigaom, TechCrunch, and Venture Beat. Nominations are open through midnight PST December 4, 2009.
If you think...
November 2009
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We've Been Nominated!
We’ve Been Nominated!
We couldn’t be more excited. The Internet Dating Conference and Online Personals Watch are hosting the first annual Online Dating Industry Awards! And we’ve been nominated!
Gelato has been nominated for the “Best Up and Coming Dating Site”. We are humbled and honored just to be nominated. Just think of how excited we’d get if we won.
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New Updates: We've Been Busy!
We launched about two months ago, and the buzz has been nothing but great. We’re really excited, but there is so much more we’re doing.
About two weeks ago, Steve Odom talked me into joining Gelato and taking over the social media aspects. This was mainly so Steve could spend more of his time working on Gelato enhancing its features and adding on new ones. I am amazed at what Steve...
October 2009
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We're Launched! Thanks DEMO.
What an exciting 12 days it’s been since Gelato went live! Not only did we grab the attention of those who have decided to give our site a try, but also the news outlets. We received excellent press coverage from Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, CNet, GigaOm, the NY Times, and many more. I’m so thankful for the users who took the chance on a new type of online dating and to the media for the...
September 2009
3 posts
Authenticity is our middle name
Fake or misleading profiles are one of my main frustrations with other dating sites. I’ve heard more than once from my female friends that they’ve known married men to create dating profiles that show a relationship status of “single”. Suspicion about the authenticity of online profiles, particularly in regard to relationship status, is widespread among both male and female...
I'm laid back and like long walks on the beach.
My Match.com profile began: “My profile seems like most of the rest that you read here. If I list my interests, I feel like an Austin cliche. I’m “down to earth” and “laid back”. I like long walks with my dog, the outdoors, and exercising of course.” I noticed that most profiles on Match were very similar. After a while, I ended up just looking at the...
Online dating and real-time search sittin' in a...
The other night I was watching Project Runway. (Ok. I admit it. I know I’m a dude, but I really like that show.). As I often do during the commercials, I flipped over to Twitter to see what other people were saying about the program. And as is often the case, some of the Twitter comments were really funny and insightful. Sometimes I’ll join in and post a comment and someone I...
July 2009
1 post
Another online dating site?
When I tell people that I’m building an online dating site one of the comments I get is that it is a very crowded space. In one way, it is crowded. There are hundreds of dating sites from large sites like Match and eHarmony, down to the very narrow niches like farmers only and goth scene. Why build another one?
The answer is that I could not find one that I liked. Match and eHarmony are...