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Our mission is to provide the best way for people to establish relationships that add meaning to their lives. 8minuteDating events provide a fast, fun, safe and comfortable way for singles to meet one another, live and in person, for dating, friendship or business. 8minuteDating.com is a division of Match Events, Inc., headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.
Click here to read the Entrepreneur Magazine article
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Tom Jaffee - CEO and Founder
Tom Jaffee, a successful entrepreneur, founded 8minuteDating.com in January of 2001. In its first two years, Tom grew the company from a one-man start-up to the world's most popular speed dating service, with more than 60,000 customers and 150 Event Organizers planning and holding events in 55 cities in the United States and Canada.
Tom formed 8minuteDating.com after recognizing that the singles population needed a better way to meet new and interesting people. Tired of the bar scene, pick-up lines, blind dates and guessing games, he combined his technical and marketing skills with his experience as a single (at the time), and created a fast, fun, safe and comfortable way for singles to meet others with similar interests, live and in person. It's an approach that works - over 90% of participants meet someone who they want to see again and over 99% report that they enjoyed the event.
Prior to 8minuteDating.com, Jaffee founded WinStruct.com - 'The No-Brainer Trainer', where he wrote, produced and marketed a library of training CD-ROMs and videos that teach people how to use Microsoft software. WinStruct's products have been sold nation-wide at chains including Costco and Best Buy, with new computers from IBM, through the Microsoft Press catalogue and many other locations. Prior to WinStruct.com, Jaffee held engineering and marketing positions at Martin Marietta Aerospace, Johnson & Johnson, and Microsoft Corporation where he was one of the four Product Managers who launched Windows 3.0.
He holds an MBA from Columbia University, and a BS in Engineering from Tufts University.
Tom currently lives in Florida with his wife Cathy. Click here to read his romantic engagement story that appeared in the Boston Globe in July 2002.
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Event Organizers
United States
Alabama
Colette Hardaman
Birmingham
Donna Poston
Huntsville
Arizona
Jean Cosgriff
Phoenix
Donna Reckelhoff
Phoenix
Ebony Monroe
Phoenix
Jennifer Kalas
Tucson
Idealia Cleveland
Tucson
California
Denise Wayne
Alpine
Sara Thompson
Antelope
Antawnette Blade
Chula Vista
Rebecca El-Bendary
Clovis
Kimberly Pennant
Encino
William Sanville
Huntington Beach
Camelle Williams
Long Beach
Tonya Reid
Los Angeles
Jeff Eisen
Manhattan Beach
Wafa Hanna
Monrovia
Antonio Morton
Oakland
Kim Hackworth
Orange County
Chuck Craig
Port Hueneme
Todd Roth
San Diego
Carey Oostra
San Diego
Scott Swanson
San Francisco
Sheryll Casuga
San Francisco
Tracy Poe
San Jose
Megan McFadden
Simi Valley
John Ortiz
Stockton
Jennifer Kerstner
Tustin
Julie Mushinskie
Upland
Colorado
Bridgette Bush
Boulder
Mary Kay Stewart
Denver
Kathy Weigle
Greeley
Michael Fitts
Superior
Amy Amore
Thornton
Connecticut
Lisa Malanson
Branford
Julianne Burdo
Fairfield
Washington, D.C.
Rae Allen
Washington
Florida
Susie Fantuzzi-Randa
Cape Coral
Jeffrey Rye
Casselbury
Jacqueline Bolton
Ft. Lauderdale
Maria Testa
Hollywood
Sondra Waugaman
Jacksonville
Jacquelin Shoemaker
Jacksonville
Laine Doss
Miami Beach
Joy Degele
Odessa
David Brownstein
Parkland
Pamela Joy
Plantation
Deana Pamies
St. Augustine
Virginia Martini
Stuart
Brian Williamson
Tampa
Melissa Iacino
West Palm Beach
Georgia
Adeline Flanigan
Atlanta
Carla Lindsay
Atlanta
Joe Weissinger
Atlanta
Tanisha Holyfield
Atlanta
Dot Norman
Douglasville
Brandy Mosto
Columbus
Illinois
Michelle Jones
Chicago
Laura Mesia
Marengo
Indiana
Leticia Downs
Jeffersonville
Kentucky
Alicia White
Louisville
Suzanne Connell
Louisville
Erika Pugh
Russellville
Louisiana
Madonna Shannon
New Orleans
Massachusetts
Kelly
Boston
Steve Horan
Braintree - South Shore
Maureen Trickett
Cambridge
Lorie Hood
Raynham
Michelle Mobilia
Somerville
Jeannette Bustamante
South Shore
Tiffany Dana
Taunton
Erika Conner
Waltham
Greg Cowell
Wareham
Margaret Connolly
Whitman
Michael Walsh
Worcester
Maryland
Maria Bianchi
Baltimore
Joseph Johnson
Baltimore
Jeanne Geary
Belcamp
Maine
Robin Rie
Bangor/Orono
Tina Paquette
Portland
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Susan Valentine
Adrian
Liliana Hintz
Bay City
Joann Penverne
Saint Clair Shores
Minnesota
Angella Hallgren
Duluth
Christopher Westlund
St. Paul
Missouri
Angela Cochran
Poplar Buff
Mississippi
Heidi Brescher
Gulfport
North Carolina
Maiysha Jones
Chapel Hill
Juliet Williams
Huntersville
New Hampshire
George Kalipolites
Manchester
Jerry Creteau
Nashua
Felecia Doubleday
Tilton
New Jersey
Robin Zavian
Bergen County
Victoria Espenshade
Delran
Angelo Masino
Elmwood Park
Aliya Shatku
Howell
Jodi Schwartz
Morristown
Tina Romero
New Brunswick
Ellen Burzynski
Old Bridge
Dorothy Stolarz
Passaic County
Anissa Moody
Princeton
Sharon Sanders
Rockaway
Paulette Walters
Roselle
Ed Lincoln
Southern
Ala Araj
Wayne
Nevada
Cynthia Weber
Henderson
Shannon Hall
Las Vegas
Dee Ignatin
Laughlin
New York
Tammy Brown
Bronx
Carmela Barbagallo
Brooklyn
Kate Resetarits
Buffalo
Risa Glaser
Long Island/Queens
Susan Stanford
Mamaroneck
Dave Cervini
New York
Danielle Horry
New York
Jenn Raskauskas
New York
Amy Shen
New York City
Michael Martin
North Tonawanda
Courtney Jahn
Saratoga Springs
Alan Kohn
Tappan
Michael Witt
West Harrison
Glenn Wiener
White Plains
Ohio
Jani Wasson
Cincinnati
Debra Weber
Cincinnati
Sheri Kellner
Cleveland
Christopher Cochran
Dayton
Millie Williams
East Liverpool
Julie Polomsky
Olmsted Falls
Oklahoma
Nichole Fisher
Stilwell
Oregon
Jennifer Silfies
Medford
Mark MacGibbon
Portland
Pennsylvania
Amanda Tumolo
Holland
Patrice Zinck
Philadelphia
Joe Spector
Philadelphia
Robin Wright
Pittsburgh
Karissa
Pittsburgh
Kristin Grochowski
Scranton
Rhode Island
Alan Noia
Pawtucket
Suzanne Perry
Providence
Tennessee
Philip Cox
Johnson City
Doug Ford
Memphis
Texas
William England
Austin
Lisa Adams
Austin
Susan Howell
Austin
Suzanne Munn
Dallas
Konnie Patke
Dallas
Ron Maddox
Dallas
Andrea Spencer
Fort Worth
Gabriel Carreon
Grand Prairie
Helen Mills
Houston
Carlos Hernandez
Houston
Cheryl Paden
Lubbock
Virginia
Phoebe Kenney
Springfield
Leilani Orsulak
Virginia Beach
Stephanie Keyes
Woodbridge
Washington
Sonja Gilbert
Kent
Josie DeLellis
Seattle
Wisconsin
Yolanda Shannon
Milwaukee
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