seeddate.com is an app on a mission: creating better dates and better people

Facebook - I deleted 500 friends and didn't like it.

3.7k followers on LinkedIn - how does this algorithm work again? Talk to me on LinkedIn.

CoffeeSpace - coffeespace.com. I saw it, didn't use it. Inspired me to make seeddate.com late one Thursday night :)

Y Combinator Co-Founder Matching app - Hard to beat the network, reach, and brand of Y Combinator. Check out Startup School's Library (ycombinator.com/library) if you haven't yet for the second-greatest startup content library on the web (#1 goes to Stanford Technology Ventures Program, stvp.stanford.edu)

Tinder - !!!

Bumble - The interview says it all.

During my graduate school years, I thought about the person matching problem a lot. I was part of a loose startup innovation community in San Francisco and hung out at hacker houses in the South Bay.

The App Portion (Do We Need Another Dating App?)

Look at the code on GitHub - Cracking the contract algorithm seems to be the hardest part :)

Writing the profile

Looking at matches, swipe style

Make it responsive

What to do once you're matched?


Guides

Y Combinator made a public online guide to YC's Co-Founder Matching platform - some good insights here for the business co-founder matching problem.

Articles

Facebook 5,000 Friends Limit - Techcrunch 2008

How Facebook beats MySpace - The Guardian 2009

Ideas

The role of angels in founder matching - article pending :)

How many users does a startup need to be #profitable? - Kevin Kelly "1,000 True Fans" 2008