Singles Events don't have to be so painful. By deconstructing its elements and applying insights about how people develop connects, we've created the optimal singles event.

1. Lakshmi Rengarajan
“Rethinking the
singles event”

2. Lakshmi Rengarajan
Founder
@Shmi_So_Far
@Me_So_Far

3. How it started
How it works
How it’s going
What I’ve learned

4. How it started

5. Online we search for people...

6. ...the way we search for shoes

7. Singles events
aren’t much better
formula

8. Tons of ways to
meet new people,
but few ways to
really connect

9. The rise of slideshow
conference culture
has ushered in a new
type of storytelling

10. This still attracts a
certain type:
accomplished
pitch masters
crafted stories
•
•
•

11. a few key
insights...

12. vs.
vs.
How you meet
is as important as
who you meet

13. What’s your name?
April
23rd
Hi again!
May
6th
June
3rd
Attraction often happens
gradually, as you get
to know someone

14. family
weather
job title
small talk
sucks

15. Everybody is
interesting but not
everybody knows how to
bring that forward
.

16. How it works

17. A Live Event
that emphasizes
Dimensionality
Gradual Connection

18. Formula
10 presenters
5 min. presentations
50 listeners
90 min. happy hour
1 Shared Experience

19. Themes

20. Presentations
Prompts designed to
reveal, not pitch

21. Presentations
“ hat do you
W
like to do for
fun?”

22. Presentations
“ hat do you
W
like to do for
fun?”
vs.

23. Presentations
“ o you cook or
D
eat out a lot?”
vs.

24. Presentations
“ here do you
W
hang out?”
vs.

25. “The World’s Friendliest Bar”

26. How it’s going?

27. Good

28. I’ve gotten some press.

29. I’ve been getting recognized for my insights
2012 FAST-PITCH
FINALIST
2012
2013

30. At an event with 2 doctors neither mentioned it

31. I’ve had a lot of couples
ask to attend

32. What I’ve learned

33. Men want the same
thing as women...

34. Men want the same
thing as women... connection

35. Visual
Context

36. access
Online.
environment

37. Details details details

38. Always be
Prototyping

39. My biggest
advantage is... giving a shit

40. The
Effect

41. Questions?

42. Lakshmi Rengarajan
Founder
Thank you.