Lean Startup Machine - Mingler

Presentation I gave for our Lean Startup Machine team on our business idea - Mingler, a new way to meet amazing people in New York.

This deck was designed and created by the incomparable Jonathan Schlossberg, but I gave the talk due to his unspeakable illness.

Transcript

1. There are millions of amazing people in New York.
2. Meeting them is hard.
3. is a new way to meet amazing people
4. Jon Schlossberg Product Lead, Bonobos Fmr Product Designer, HUGE @jschloss Lee Edwards Software Engineer, Pivotal Labs Fmr Mech Engineer, iRobot @terronk Derek Lasher Ninja Chief of Sta , Bonobos Fmr Eagle Scout @dereklasher
5. you + your coworkers another awesome company + LIQUID COURAGE
6. Our assumptions New York professionals want to meet other professionals they don’t work with. New York professionals like their coworkers enough to hang out with them. New York professionals are eager to explore a new way to meet eligible New Yorkers People will show up for Mingles they’ve scheduled. People will prepay for drinks. People will be happy with the gender mix in their Mingle. Bar owners will agree to provide discounted open bars for groups of coworkers.
7. Who are our customers? E X P E R I M E N T 1
8. Not everyone goes out w/ coworkers W H O A R E O U R C U S T O M E R S ?
9. Mingler is coming soon. E X P E R I M E N T 2
10. 84% conversion (N = 19) M I N G L E R I S C O M I N G S O O N
11. Hi, bar owner? Let’s make a deal. E X P E R I M E N T 3
12. 2 hours open bar + food = $32/head L E T ’ S M A K E A D E A L
13. Wanna Mingle next Tuesday? E X P E R I M E N T 4
14. Skillshare, meet Mashwork W A N N A M I N G L E N E X T T U E S D A Y ?
15. C O N C L U S I O N 1 Startups & Law firms
16. Negotiate or pivot profitability C O N C L U S I O N 2
17. A Mingle is worth something C O N C L U S I O N 3
18. You sign in with LinkedIn We add your company and coworkers in one quick step You give us some deets You choose a date, tell us if you’d like to meet mostly guys or girls, and say yea or nay to liquid courage We invite your coworkers You click their faces. We email them. They click a link. Boom! We make it happen We match you with another company, hand-pick a location
19. Imagine a world where you and your buddies can meet anyone based on anything and have an amazing time ...with virtually no effort