Try to pre-organize meetups in large cities. Email potential participants.

sirobg · 2024-12-13T19:05:49 1734116749

That's one kind of meetup indeed.

But imho (large) group meetups are the least interesting/valuable. Ideally I would like to boost small or even 1-1 meetups first. If larger meetups emerge later, great!

klntsky · 2024-12-13T19:35:51 1734118551

Meeting 1-1 is way harder to organize. You need a specific reason to go.

sirobg · 2024-12-13T20:12:37 1734120757

What do you mean by "a specific reason"?

Personally, I like meeting interesting new people for the sake of it.

adverbly · 2024-12-14T00:52:17 1734137537

There's certainly a customer segment such as yourself who is both:

1. Extroverted(likes meeting new people for the sake of it)

2. Is willing to devote time to this format.

I assume small, but it's there.

You have 2 options:

1. Accept those constraints, find a few more of those type of people, and really focus on exactly what sort of product they want.

2. Try to loosen those constraints. For example, reduce the anxiety of a meet up somehow. Or pick mechanics that make it easier to arrange a meetup (maybe you reduce the scheduling overhead by building an immediate-match Omegle-style product)

Good luck! Would love to see this succeed!