For years I’ve been curious about the dating industry. Who ARE those people and companies wooing singles with ever-escalating promises to help us find love? They’re everywhere! You can’t log into FaceBook or even Yahoo mail without encountering images of smiling, glowing couples recently matches by whatever service advertised. Rather than thinking “I’ll have what they’re having” my inquisitive mind always wonders “hmm, what did they buy and who sold it to them and how?”

Last month’s Inc. magazine featured the PlentyofFish.com founder who works two hour a day and makes $10 million / year. That was the final straw - I’ll have what HE is having! Come to find out there’s a multi-billion dollar industry out there aimed at getting singles to open up our hearts through our wallets. And, they all descend on Miami this week to learn, connect and figure out how to sell us more love potions at the iDate Conference. I couldn’t think of a better place to be! So I am flying to Miami for some major datective work as I investigate “whos, whats and hows” of the dating industry and start brainstorming how it could be done better (maybe even by someone like me

Stay tuned for updates (via Twitter) right from the dating trenches!