Steve Dean

I've been consulting for the dating industry for the last 10+ years, and I've personally used over 250 dating apps. Kippo stood out to me because it's the first app I've encountered that features not just full-fledged dating profiles but also the availability of realtime chat within its little metaverse. Most dating apps feel fairly static and asynchronous, but Kippo actually made it possible...

For me, humhum was the first experience during the pandemic that truly drove a stake through the heart of our superficial, swipehappy dating culture and reoriented me toward a type of connection that felt genuine, nourishing, and unexpected. It left me smiling for days afterwards. Over the course of a single 2-hour experience, I met over 10 new people in both 1-on-1 and group settings. We...

My first Bounce experience was as comical as it was spectacular. I was hosting one of my Hygge friendship-making events in NYC and midway-through, with 20 people sitting around me, I got a notification from Bounce saying I could meet someone "tonight." A friend asked what that was all about, so I handed them my phone and walked away to get food. When I came back, the friend said, "I think I...

Does this company ever post its aggregated activity statistics anywhere? I feel like that would make the whole experience so much more compelling. When I track my sleep, it's so fascinating to see how my night's sleep compared to everyone else's around the world across multiple qualitative and quantitative dimensions. I use the Sleep Cycle app, and right on their homepage, they aggregate the...

Easiest way to get the leg up on the competition -- be the very first to apply because you found out about the role before anyone else. I witnessed Ilya's journey building this product and I love the thought and care he put into it.

Jane and Tim Ferriss talked through some incredible stuff (gaming, behavior change, PTSD) on Tim's July 28th podcast: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/07/28/jane-mcgonigal/

Awesome update for y'all: We just began working with Tesla to help match people to their sales roles. Got a fun writeup in venturebeat, too: http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/12/tesla-uses-this-recruiting-service-to-find-talent/