Great idea in itself, but also because services that give implicit dating opportunities always win.
Grubwithus (YC W11) Brings Strangers Together Over Social Meals
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#42Someone needs to build this for dating.
A few people have actually dated after meeting on Grubwithus. Job offers too. These things happen semi-serendipitously, which makes it better, because everyone goes to the meal with the context of meeting new friends, not some awkward dating context.
I agree completely. When there are preconceived expectations it can cheapen the act or make it seem less genuine. When there are no expectations or ulterior motives beyond interesting conversation, the most real and genuine things are forged. It's better when things come up natural in conversation.
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#43I'm sure you've thought of this, but fwiw: you should do this for big corporations. I thought of something like this as a tool for bigcos and large companies, where on my experience people tend to have lunch with the same small click, and not having particularly fun. If they could have lunch with a random group of colleagues from different parts of the company say once a week to start with, I think that would really spark new ideas and improve any company.
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#44Goodness, I can't wait until this hits LA and SD!
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#46We're hosting a bunch of grubwithus dinners in the Bay Area with YC alumni for women interested in learning more about startups: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2144852
Either these guys are confused or they missed the notice:
http://www.grubwith.us/restaurants/la-briciola-san-francisco...
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#47We're hosting a bunch of grubwithus dinners in the Bay Area with YC alumni for women interested in learning more about startups: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2144852
Either these guys are confused or they missed the notice: http://www.grubwith.us/restaurants/la-briciola-san-francisco...
Actually it's an opportunity for women who want to get into startups to talk to YC founders - most of whom happen to be men.
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#48What a neat idea! Having food together is the best way to socialize anyway, time flies and you have something to do, no awkward silences :) Maybe this is something to market to the airbnb userbase? Serving food to strangers for a fee is bound to raise some eyebrows though, this time not from jealous hotel operators but from the people that lord over food safety and cleanliness in commercial settings, especially if yo…
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#49What a neat idea! Having food together is the best way to socialize anyway, time flies and you have something to do, no awkward silences :) Maybe this is something to market to the airbnb userbase? Serving food to strangers for a fee is bound to raise some eyebrows though, this time not from jealous hotel operators but from the people that lord over food safety and cleanliness in commercial settings, especially if yo…
I am launching the site that does this...this weekend :)
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#50I tried this a few weeks ago in Chicago and it was great. One of my favorite parts is that we didn't have to worry about splitting up the bill. I'd love to set up grubwith.us's open only to my friends. Paying in advance also eliminates the flake factor. This will probably change as I say this: but women outnumbered men 2 to 1 in the dinner I attended (8 & 4). What other social startup has an early adopter profile lik…
Women were only outnumbered 2 to 1? Though that's not completely successful, that's pretty good.