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Grubwithus (YC W11) Brings Strangers Together Over Social Meals

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Post by brianbreslin »

love this idea. groupon+eventbrite+opentable of sorts so i hope they clarify on the checkout that tax + tip aren't included. I would have loved to have had something like this in Miami, as we used to organize geek dinners every so often and it was ALWAYS a pain.

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Post by daishin »

yesbabyyes wrote: post #43

I'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…

Thanks!!!

We are currently rolling out companies through our Grubwithus Groups, whereby companies can have meals around topics like "team building," "strategy,""dept A meets dept B," etc. Company members will join the Group and will get notified when there are meals for them to reserve.

We are hoping to roll out lunches in the near future and like you said, it would be awesome to have fun company lunches to meet other colleagues.

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Post by richardburton »

jacquesm wrote: post #8

What 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…

This is such a great idea for Young Professionals. Let me know if you'd like some introductions in the Santa Barbara area. Lots of wealthy, lonely types :)

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Post by daishin »

d3x wrote: post #51

Every single one that I want to go is Females only. Dont you think that men would also like the opportunity to lern from YC founders?

We actually hosted some meals during the YC interviews for guys to participate in and chat with YC alum. We will look to do something like that again in the near future. Thanks for the feedback!
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