So excited about this baby business idea (and the joy of friendship), that I can’t sleep!
I wrote a post over at Polimuse here about an idea for a community of single people interested in building quality connections with other single people. A friend encouraged me where that idea was concerned, so this evening I got out my pen and paper and started to build the idea.
Want me to pitch it to you?
Let me get my notes.
The idea is like a cross between social dancing and speed dating, where singles get the fun opportunity of connecting for a limited time period individually amongst a set of people of whichever gender we are interested with in a low-pressure way. There is the potential for chemistry between two people, obviously. And plenty of time to mingle after the structured part of the event. However, we all know that chemistry can take time and repeated encounters to develop, so for those that are interested, there would be the opportunity to join a community of single people for a period of four weeks, so that connections have the potential to deepen over time.
I was also thinking that it could be possible to enrich the community by facilitating two group dates of six people from each group (12 in total) during the four week period and two one-on-one dates from mutually compatible preferences.
I am not sure if that is too complex, or has too many moving parts. And I envisage that people would want to try the format before committing to a month of interactions. So I thought there could be an opportunity to try the idea casually first.
Next step! Validation!
The only way this has any chance of getting off the ground is if I get three people who actually pay for a ticket in the next 48 hours. This could be three people from the people I have already approached, and I think it will have to be, because I believe that I will need to raise funds for advertising!
If I do succeed in validating the idea, I plan to kick off around Feb 1, 2026.
I would love to hear what you think!
I am hopeful that I will be able to get to sleep now, after expressing this idea!