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...SY: While I was working there it was $300-$500 per SparkNote. It depended—Ulysses was probably a little more. After we sold to B&N it went up a little. I believe they don’t really do a lot of new Spark Notes, and I don’t think they still use undergrads, sorry...

Author: By Catherine A. Zielinski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Sam A. Yagan ’99 | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...your love life while attending Harvard? SY: We were all math majors, and all super analytical. We definitely weren’t dating experts. We just observed what it was in life that drew people together and made them click, and our approach of observing how people date in the world allowed us to transfer those observations into an online Web site. How they decide whom they like, where they go on dates—we try to transfer this online...

Author: By Catherine A. Zielinski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Sam A. Yagan ’99 | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...feel like the Harvard dating scene helped or hindered you for the real world? SY: Our approach is much more about modeling the real world on the Web rather than using the dating expertise we learned, but I wouldn’t say it was the awesome Harvard dating scene that influenced us to start up the Web site...

Author: By Catherine A. Zielinski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Sam A. Yagan ’99 | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...Specifically, did you create OkCupid to find some romance for yourself? SY: We were all married, but our employees definitely use it a lot. “I work for OkCupid” is definitely a great pickup line, and apparently the chicks love...

Author: By Catherine A. Zielinski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Sam A. Yagan ’99 | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...afford to do a free dating site? And why not charge monthly fees like all the others do? SY: We have 15 employees, while Match.com, etc. have about 300. Although we have a fraction of their workers we have an equally good Web site...

Author: By Catherine A. Zielinski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Sam A. Yagan ’99 | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

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