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        <description>A weekly podcast covering all aspects of dating from what's hot in online dating to interviewing experts on the pursuit of love. Each week we'll interview experts and everyday daters alike to learn from their experiences, test the latest techniques and hear from you about your best and worst dates. Subscribe now so you'll never miss an episode!
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        <itunes:author>Dave &amp; Darwin</itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle>Your guide to dating, online dating sites and dating experts.</itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary>CupidCast is a weekly Internet Radio Talk-Show and Podcast covering the latest dating trends, online dating companies and dating experiences around the world. "We each bring an international audience of listeners to CupidCast," say's co-host Darwin Stephenson. "We'll be getting up close an personal with the movers and shakers that are driving the online dating marketplace." A primary goal of the show is to investigate new and exciting dating strategies being introduced by entrepreneurs. "The online dating space is red hot right now and we'll be bringing our listeners a behind the scene's look at how these companies are helping people find love," say's the show's co-host David Evans. Each week Dave and Darwin will interview celebrity and entrepreneurial guests on what's new and innovative. The show's one-hour lineup will include special segments such as "Fix My Profile" and "My Online Dating Disaster" where an ever changing panel of diverse experts will help consumers improve and turn around their online dating experiences. "Everyone has a friend that has had a horrific online dating experience," say's Evans. "But with a few tweaks from the experts we'll help them turn disaster into love." Subscribe now so you'll never miss an episode!</itunes:summary>
        
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            <title>EPISODE 08.04 - Dan Abelon of SpeedDate.com</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:03:05 -0400</pubDate>
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            <description>Join Dave and Darwin as they interview Dan Ebelon, CEO and Founder of SpeedDate.com. 

SpeedDate.com combines online dating and round robin-style speed dating, where singles spend [3 minutes] interviewing potential matches.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CupidCast/~4/E0ZOQUul9Vg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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            <itunes:subtitle>EPISODE 08.04 - Dan Abelon of SpeedDate.com</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>Join Dave and Darwin as they interview Dan Ebelon, CEO and Founder of SpeedDate.com. 

SpeedDate.com combines online dating and round robin-style speed dating, where singles spend [3 minutes] interviewing potential matches.</itunes:summary>
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            <title>EPISODE 08.03 - Suneet Wadwha, CEO of Engage.com</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 19:06:46 -0400</pubDate>
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            <description>Dave and Darwin sit down with Suneet Wadwha of Engage.com.

On Engage.com, you get to seek friendsâ?? feedback and advice. Learn what someoneâ??s friends say about them. Let the people who know you best make introductions on your behalf. And best of all, you can feel out an attraction before fast-forwarding to that first exciting real world get-together.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CupidCast/~4/IGboojFYL-o" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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            <itunes:subtitle>EPISODE 08.03 - Suneet Wadwha, CEO of Engage.com</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>Dave and Darwin sit down with Suneet Wadwha of Engage.com.

On Engage.com, you get to seek friendsâ?? feedback and advice. Learn what someoneâ??s friends say about them. Let the people who know you best make introductions on your behalf. And best of all, you can feel out an attraction before fast-forwarding to that first exciting real world get-together.</itunes:summary>
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            <title>EPISODE 08.02 - OKCupid's Founder Sam Yagan</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:01:01 -0400</pubDate>
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            <description>Prior to OKCupid Sam Yagan sold SparkNotes in a multimillion dollar deal. By age 25, he was garnering national coverage as the president of eDonkey, a peer-to-peer file-sharing network with more than 2 million users.

This time, he is making a foray into the world of online dating. To compete against such established players as eHarmony and Match .com, which charge fees to customers, OkCupid's gimmick is simple: It's free. (The firm makes money by selling advertising on the site).

The site is designed to be a social environment that allows users to create their own quizzes with individualized, pinpoint questions like "How much of a Red Sox fan are you?" or "If you were a 'Lost' character, which one would you be?" 

OkCupid boasts more than 420,000 "active users," defined as users who have logged on in the past eight weeks. There are 40,000 active users in the Boston area, according to Yagan. 

Now, Yagan is hoping that lightning will strike a second time. When they built SparkNotes as a free online site, he and his partners capitalized on what they saw as a weakness in a big rival, Cliffs- Notes. They concluded, Yagan says, "If you put free and better together, you can build something powerful." He sees OkCupid as another test of that proposition.

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            <itunes:summary>Prior to OKCupid Sam Yagan sold SparkNotes in a multimillion dollar deal. By age 25, he was garnering national coverage as the president of eDonkey, a peer-to-peer file-sharing network with more than 2 million users.

This time, he is making a foray into the world of online dating. To compete against such established players as eHarmony and Match .com, which charge fees to customers, OkCupid's gimmick is simple: It's free. (The firm makes money by selling advertising on the site).

The site is designed to be a social environment that allows users to create their own quizzes with individualized, pinpoint questions like "How much of a Red Sox fan are you?" or "If you were a 'Lost' character, which one would you be?" 

OkCupid boasts more than 420,000 "active users," defined as users who have logged on in the past eight weeks. There are 40,000 active users in the Boston area, according to Yagan. 

Now, Yagan is hoping that lightning will strike a second time. When they built SparkNotes as a free online site, he and his partners capitalized on what they saw as a weakness in a big rival, Cliffs- Notes. They concluded, Yagan says, "If you put free and better together, you can build something powerful." He sees OkCupid as another test of that proposition.

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            <title>EPISODE 08.01 - Introducing CupidCast</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:09:12 -0400</pubDate>
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            <description>Find out what Dating Ticket is all about and what's hot in online dating.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CupidCast/~4/dCZUjk7mem0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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            <itunes:subtitle>EPISODE 08.01 - Introducing CupidCast</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>Find out what Dating Ticket is all about and what's hot in online dating.</itunes:summary>
            <itunes:duration>58:39</itunes:duration>
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