Debbie Rivers, Dare2Date's founder, has been trained by the Matchmakers Institute in New York. She is a certified Match Maker and a trained Life Coach with the Life Coaching Institute. In addition, Debbie is also a certified practitioner in Coaching and NLP. She blogs about dating and life and is a sought-after media commentator on all things relationships and dating. Debbie has used her own experience of being single in Perth, Western Australia and discovering a lack of opportunities for meeting genuine singles to build Dare2Date. Dare2Date was founded in 2011 and has grown from offering speed dating to a range of events and services for Perth guys and girls looking for love and fun.