#BoardShort's are micro slide decks by www.boardofinnovation.com to explore ideas on changes in business models and markets. If you have any thoughts or ideas, feel free to share.

1. Would you share
your DNA to
Date this girl?
A short deck on the
future of the dating industry
by www.boardofinnovation.com
flickr cc marcopolo2012

2. The hottest Dating Startup in town:
tinder.com (mobile app)
Already 1.5 Million matches in US, every day.
Pulls in all your personal data (Facebook, GPS
location,…) to find real-time dates close to you.
Makes you wonder,
what is next?

3. Members in our team use
23andme.com to document their DNA
You get insights in genetic diseases & inherited treats
Recently they patented a “designer baby’-service.!
quoted: “you’ll pass on more than just your freckles.”
How will this
impact dating?
Full story on wired

4. For $249 you can find the perfect DNA
match on genepartner.com
Is this early stage Suisse startup the future of dating?
datebytype.com does something similar (and less
frighting) by matching couple via Blood Type.
What’s next?

5. What people expect from their partner &
relationship will evolve.
Which problems will emerge? (read: business opportunities)
p.s. This story has already been debunked as a hoax,
but it makes you think, not?

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