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Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’

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Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’

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Post by gotobeach »

jules wrote: post #17

So it's not a date, but you do have to have 3 men and 3 women? If it's not a date, then why the gender requirement? And why match on attractiveness? If it is a date but for whatever reason they don't want to say so (I'm guessing because of the social stigma around online dating in some circles -- check out the description of Blendr: it's exactly like Grindr but it's totally different), what about gay people?

You obviously don't know NYC very well. Those first three questions are the exact same questions that went through my mind when I first looked at the hiring practices of the investment bank I work at. So is it a date? No, NY is really the loneliest place in the world. No one there is banging, even if they're obsessed with being surrounded by the most attractive people of the opposite sex.

Their big problem is where they're going to find all of those girls. Only going to get close to those ratios in the Northeast around college towns.

Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’

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Post by huhtenberg »

Forget the triple date part, look at this -

  We applied to YC with paperbuff.com. In the 36 hours before   
  our interview, we ditched paperbuff and built qomments.com, 
  were rejected, then decided to build a product people would 
  actually want
I am sorry, but this is ridiculous. This is not only a waste of everyone's time in YC, but it also takes away an opportunity from other people who could have pitched in their place. There is really nothing "LOL" about it.

Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’

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Post by abbasmehdi »

This idea is really good! (I'm socially average I would say, more on the outgoing side, and I see my friends totally going for this. If I think of 10 friends randomly (single or otherwise), and give them $20 credit towards either eHarmony or this, I see them all - except maybe one or two who are aggressively looking for a relationship, choosing Grouper). However, if I think of 10 random friends of mine from those whom I think are most likely to join a dating site - 9/10 of those would go for eHarmony or something because they are looking to get in a relationship and not just play around. Bravo! You just have one thing to look out for - mismatched expectations. I think females will like this more than males because they will feel more secure and they like to get input from girlfriends generally.

Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’

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Post by amirmc »

huhtenberg wrote: post #22

Forget the triple date part, look at this - We applied to YC with paperbuff.com. In the 36 hours before our interview, we ditched paperbuff and built qomments.com, were rejected, then decided to build a product people would actually want I am sorry, but this is ridiculous . This is not only a waste of everyone's time in YC, but it also takes away an opportunity from other people who could have pitched in their place.…

pg's said many times that they primarily look at the people rather than the idea. It probably wasn't (just) paperbuff that got them to the interview stage. Just sayin.

Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’

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Post by rokhayakebe »

huhtenberg wrote: post #22

Forget the triple date part, look at this - We applied to YC with paperbuff.com. In the 36 hours before our interview, we ditched paperbuff and built qomments.com, were rejected, then decided to build a product people would actually want I am sorry, but this is ridiculous . This is not only a waste of everyone's time in YC, but it also takes away an opportunity from other people who could have pitched in their place.…

I believe these are exactly the type of people YC wants. A couple of friends know they want to start something. They do not know what. Instead of brainstorming over beers, they toy with concepts between redbulls. One mvp catches on. Proves profitable. They stick with it.

Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’

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Post by huhtenberg »

amirmc wrote: post #24
huhtenberg wrote: post #22

Forget the triple date part, look at this - We applied to YC with paperbuff.com. In the 36 hours before our interview, we ditched paperbuff and built qomments.com, were rejected, then decided to build a product people would actually want I am sorry, but this is ridiculous . This is not only a waste of everyone's time in YC, but it also takes away an opportunity from other people who could have pitched in their place.…

pg's said many times that they primarily look at the people rather than the idea. It probably wasn't (just) paperbuff that got them to the interview stage. Just sayin.

Well, it doesn't matter. Do you think it makes much sense to invest in people who decide to pitch an idea that is not even 2 days old? Or rather - in people who think it's acceptable to do that? Hm.

Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’

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Post by lallysingh »

For the record, the "Auction House" is something my buddies & I refer to as the "Vampire Cougar Bar."

The place has fancy red velvet furniture, oil portraits on the wall, and a dark feel. It's sometimes full of older women who seem to be looking for younger men. We don't fill that bill anymore, but sometimes someone younger friends can be suckered^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hconvinced into coming along. Good times, good times.

Decent scotch selection. Not great, but workable.

Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’

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Post by alexro »

huhtenberg wrote: post #26
amirmc wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

pg's said many times that they primarily look at the people rather than the idea. It probably wasn't (just) paperbuff that got them to the interview stage. Just sayin.

Well, it doesn't matter. Do you think it makes much sense to invest in people who decide to pitch an idea that is not even 2 days old? Or rather - in people who think it's acceptable to do that? Hm.

I don't disagree with you, I just think that YC is all about young energetic people willing to put the effort in, so pitching a 2 days old idea with passion is kind of showing off some energy !

Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’

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Post by biot » 

  > We took our $400 travel reimbursement check from YC and
  > used that as seed capital for Grouper
I once returned a book to Amazon. If I used that money to fund a startup, it'd be rather disingenuous to call that Amazon-funded. Makes for a good headline though.

That aside, it sounds like a fantastic idea.

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