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An Egyptian entrepreneur says he built the \u201cTinder for business\u201d<\/strong> to get \u201cpeople to meet for business reasons and connecting,\u201d Wamda<\/a> reports, covering the startup Geomingle. Its founder, Mostafa Hashem, says Geomingle is \u201ccross between dating app Tinder and business networking site LinkedIn. \u2018Different cities employ the app for different reasons. For example, Dubai and Bahrain tend to use the app for recruitment and connecting, while in Egypt, people look out more for the networking part,\u2019 Hashem says.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Egyptian entrepreneur says he built the \u201cTinder for business\u201d to get \u201cpeople to meet for business reasons and connecting,\u201d Wamda reports, covering the startup Geomingle. Its founder, Mostafa Hashem, says Geomingle is \u201ccross between dating app Tinder and business networking site LinkedIn. \u2018Different cities employ the app for different reasons. 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