com , which allows the matchmakers at the site to access your Facebook page this is how they learn all about you, your preferences, where you like to hang out, etc.

Once you're accepted Yes, there's a waitlist and matched with a compatible person, Grouper will give you a date, time and a reserved table at a hot location in the city usually a trendy speakeasy or lounge.

Unlike other dating or social websites, there is no physical Grouper "site," you don't have a profile, and there's no way to check out your match and his friends before you meet them in person.

So, how do Guo and his team match you up? We use filters such as similarities in age, educational background, and level of attractiveness, but at the end of the day, our community managers make the call. Though I admit, when my girl friends and I first met our Grouper guys, we agreed we wouldn't have been interested in them if we had just seen them out at a bar. But halfway into our first round of drinks, we were amazed at how smart, funny, and interesting they turned out to be!

It was an unexpectedly awesome night, and this was exactly Guo and Waxman's intention. This is probably why the club has been so wildly successful. Despite the company's infancy, dozens of Groupers are currently being organized in New York each week, and 93 percent of members who've been on one say they would do it again.

The process itself is just so incredibly easy, it's hard to find an excuse not to go on one. If you happen to not live in NYC, are already coupled up, or would like to hang out with people of the same sex , don't tune out just yet: Guo and Waxman plan to expand Grouper to cities like San Francisco, Boston, L.

once they perfect their game here. They also regularly plan same-sex Groupers, and have recently launched "Supper Club By Grouper," where 6 couples or pairs of friends meet for an underground dinner party prepared by some of the best private chefs around.

Genius, I know. Making human connections is the most powerful motivation in life. It's a huge world out there and we just want to make it a little bit smaller. Nicely put, Mr. It was a great kiss…or at least a good story…. Activity of the night : Karaoke. We led ourselves on a terrible bar crawl of Chicago, desperately searching for a band or sound system to sing in front of. Met three recent graduates from a small Midwestern catholic college at a downtown bar filled with business folks grabbing post-work drinks.

Topic of conversation : Religion and politics. Obviously, this was the perfect transition into a conversation about religion. This would have been fine except for the fact that the three men were Jewish and the three women were Catholic and had very little interest in meeting Jews. Activity of the night : Leaving.

Braving a snowstorm Nemo to meet a group of women—who also had a non-ideal first Grouper experience—at a bar in Wicker Park. Topic of conversation : Music Taylor Swift and EDM. Careers consulting, accounting, and being a bottle service hostess. A game of two truths and a lie. And after round 3 or 4, an argument broke out about an Economist article, foreign governments, and the Corruption index.

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By Faye — Written on Sep 02, It's a Thursday night. I'm at a super trendy bar in downtown Manhattan waiting for my two single girl friends to arrive so we can have a drink with three single guys we've never met or seen before.

This can totally blow up in my face, but I've asked my friends to just go with the flow for the sake of trying something new — something called Grouper. It's a simple yet genius idea that you're going to wish you had thought of, but two Yale grads, Jerry Guo, 23, and Michael Waxman, 24, beat you to the punch. Launched in June , Grouper is an online social club currently only in New York City whose goal is to get you offline as quick and easily as possible and onto a great night out on the town with people you may have never met before.

You can use it to find your next date or just to expand your social circle — a Grouper is whatever you make it. Here's how it works: First, you sign up for free at Grouper JoinGrouper. com , which allows the matchmakers at the site to access your Facebook page this is how they learn all about you, your preferences, where you like to hang out, etc. Once you're accepted Yes, there's a waitlist and matched with a compatible person, Grouper will give you a date, time and a reserved table at a hot location in the city usually a trendy speakeasy or lounge.

Unlike other dating or social websites, there is no physical Grouper "site," you don't have a profile, and there's no way to check out your match and his friends before you meet them in person.

So, how do Guo and his team match you up? We use filters such as similarities in age, educational background, and level of attractiveness, but at the end of the day, our community managers make the call. Though I admit, when my girl friends and I first met our Grouper guys, we agreed we wouldn't have been interested in them if we had just seen them out at a bar.

But halfway into our first round of drinks, we were amazed at how smart, funny, and interesting they turned out to be! It was an unexpectedly awesome night, and this was exactly Guo and Waxman's intention. This is probably why the club has been so wildly successful. Despite the company's infancy, dozens of Groupers are currently being organized in New York each week, and 93 percent of members who've been on one say they would do it again. The process itself is just so incredibly easy, it's hard to find an excuse not to go on one.

If you happen to not live in NYC, are already coupled up, or would like to hang out with people of the same sex , don't tune out just yet: Guo and Waxman plan to expand Grouper to cities like San Francisco, Boston, L.

once they perfect their game here. They also regularly plan same-sex Groupers, and have recently launched "Supper Club By Grouper," where 6 couples or pairs of friends meet for an underground dinner party prepared by some of the best private chefs around.

Genius, I know. Making human connections is the most powerful motivation in life. It's a huge world out there and we just want to make it a little bit smaller. Nicely put, Mr. Now if you'll excuse me, there is a potentially great guy and his two friends who are waiting to have a drink with me and my girls in the Lower East Side.

You could say I've become quite the "Groupie. What do you think about the concept of group dating? Would you go on one if they were available in your area? Sign in. search articles find an expert. Join YourTango Experts. Love Stages Single Taken Engaged Married Starting Over Complicated About About Us Contact Media Buzz FAQ Advertising Sitemap Privacy Policy Feedback Editorial Policy Medical Review Process Disclaimer sign up for newsletter Join Join Our Community Write for Us Jobs.

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After a bunch of small talk—what do you do for a living, etc. Unlike other dating or social websites, there is no physical Grouper "site," you don't have a profile, and there's no way to check out your match and his friends before you meet them in person. Love Stages Single Taken Engaged Married Starting Over Complicated About About Us Contact Media Buzz FAQ Advertising Sitemap Privacy Policy Feedback Editorial Policy Medical Review Process Disclaimer sign up for newsletter Join Join Our Community Write for Us Jobs. This would have been fine except for the fact that the three men were Jewish and the three women were Catholic and had very little interest in meeting Jews. This is missing the point.

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