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		beat on May 26, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why investors don’t fund dating And what are the odds of that, in a field already saturated with both successful, established competitors (OKCupid, Tinder, EHarmony, etc) and a thousand other would-be viral newcomers? And even if you could overcome the competition, you still have all the other problems Andrew Chen wrote about... how do you make money? How do you grow without spending a fortune? How do you exit?

goatforce5 on May 26, 2015 [–]

Keep in mind that Tinder is only 2.5 years old and entered what was already a crowded market.

But they had a new take on mobile dating and managed to find room in the market.

There's always room for one more!

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