Talia Goldstein

{{Short description|American entrepreneur}}

{{Infobox artist

| name = Talia Goldstein

| birth_place = Irvine, California

| nationality = American

| notable_works = Three Day Rule (founder)

}}

Talia Goldstein is an American entrepreneur, founder of the matchmaking company Three Day Rule in 2010.

Biography

Talia Goldstein graduated from the Tulane University School of Liberal Arts in 2002.{{Cite web|last=Cross|first=Mary|date=9 February 2018|title=Alumna makes career of helping singles find love|url=https://news.tulane.edu/news/alumna-makes-career-helping-singles-find-love|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Tulane News|language=en}}

Talia Goldstein was a TV producer at E! Entertainment. She left her job to host dating events for singles. The parties attending her events grew, so in 2013 she founded the tech-enabled matchmaking company Three Day Rule.{{Cite news|title=Meet the new generation of matchmakers who claim they'll find you true love faster than a dating app|work=INSIDER|url=http://www.thisisinsider.com/dating-apps-matchmaking-2017-4|access-date=2018-04-05}} The name for the company comes from the film Swingers, in which characters waited three days to call a girl after meeting.{{Cite news|date=2017-01-23|title=F--k Tinder: Why More Women Are Turning to the New Era of Matchmakers|language=en-US|work=Marie Claire|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/news/a24800/new-online-matchmaking-services/|access-date=2018-04-05}} Three Day Rule is a matchmaking service with offices in Los Angeles, Orange County,{{Cite news|date=2017-02-05|title=Three Day Rule Launches Orange County Market - Locale Magazine|language=en-US|work=Locale Magazine|url=https://localemagazine.com/three-day-rule-launches-orange-county-market/|access-date=2018-04-05}} San Francisco, Silicon Valley,{{Cite news|title=Three Day Rule helps Silicon Valley clients start up their love lives|work=San Francisco Chronicle|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/style/article/Three-Day-Rule-helps-Silicon-Valley-clients-start-10955387.php|access-date=2018-04-05}} Chicago, New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C.{{Cite news|date=2015-01-13|title=Three Day Rule Personalized Matchmaking Launches in DC {{!}} Washingtonian|language=en-US|work=Washingtonian|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/01/13/three-day-rule-personalized-matchmaking-launches-in-dc/|access-date=2018-04-05}} and Philadelphia.{{Cite news|title=Can modern matchmakers make you a match? - The Boston Globe|work=BostonGlobe.com|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2014/11/15/can-modern-matchmakers-make-you-match/qHLEoJ6mAbCOEHi1eO4vjJ/story.html|access-date=2018-04-05}}{{Cite news|title=How the Three-Day Rule Is Changing the Online Dating Scene|language=en|url=https://phillystylemag.com/three-day-rule-hopes-to-change-the-dating-scene|access-date=2018-04-05}} Three Day Rule matchmakers meet with each of their clients and potential matches in person and use facial recognition software to help improve the search. In 2014, Match.com led a $1.25 million investment in Three Day Rule and, in 2016, the company raised $650,000 from the DAN Fund investment group and $550,000 from other individual sources.{{Cite web|last=Dave|first=Paresh|title=This week in L.A. tech: Three Day Rule lands funding, Snapchat snags encryption expert and Surf Air flies north|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-la-tech-20160328-snap-htmlstory.html|access-date=2018-04-05|website=Los Angeles Times|date=29 March 2016 }} In 2018, Three Day Rule launched a program with Amazon to provide daily dating advice through Alexa to Amazon Echo owners.{{Cite news|date=2018-01-11|title=Can Amazon's Alexa Be Your Personal Matchmaker? – Good Audience|work=Good Audience|url=https://blog.goodaudience.com/can-alexa-be-your-personal-matchmaker-8a71395371a9|access-date=2018-04-05}}{{Cite news|last=Editors|first=AskMen|title=The Best Pieces Of Advice You've Ever Received|language=en|work=AskMen|url=https://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/the-best-advice_2.html|access-date=2018-04-05}}

Personal life

Goldstein became pregnant while she was fundraising for the company and felt pressured to hide the information from investors, later publishing on the issue of pregnancy in the workforce in Fortune.{{Cite web|url=http://techzulu.com/talia-goldstein-of-three-day-rule/|title=Female Founders and CEOs {{!}} Talia Goldstein of Three Day Rule - TechZuluTechZulu|website=techzulu.com|date=16 December 2011 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-05}}{{Cite news|title=What It's Really Like to Fundraise For a Startup While Pregnant|language=en|work=Fortune|url=http://fortune.com/2016/03/30/what-its-really-like-to-fundraise-for-a-startup-while-pregnant/|access-date=2018-04-05}}

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