Posted by Daniel B. on 9-22-2009

I'm often surprised by the lack of creativity shown on speed-dating sites when they suggest good questions to ask when speed-dating. For example, "What do you like to do in the weekends?", "What do you like about living in Manhattan?", "Have you tried speed-dating before?"... Now of course these questions are perfectly fine, and I'm not suggesting that it isn't a good idea to be interested in someone's hobbies, likes and dislikes. But it's unlikely to make that much of an impressi ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 9-14-2009

Ok, so this is a first. At our speed dating recently at one of our regular NYC venues, two customers took speed dating to a new level. I received a call from the bar's manager at 11.30pm saying that two speed-daters had been found in the cost closet. Enough said. [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 9-8-2009

This is the first in our series on "dubious" speed-dating customers. As mentioned earlier, please do remember that these people are extremely rare - we've had 20,000 NYC singles entirely appropriate and available for dating! The Honest Married ManJust to give him a name, let's call him Bob. Bob attended one of our speed-dating events about four years ago. At about 7.45pm (15 minutes after the event started) I got a text from the host saying "Um, one of the guys is wearing a wedding ring ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 9-5-2009

I have always found speed-dating a fascinating concept from the very beginning. It wasn't just that we knew that it worked as a business model, and helped people find relationships - it was also that it's an immensely interesting social development.Here is the piece that I find the most intriguing. Where did speed-dating come from? By this, I don't mean who ran the first events - certainly, in the States this is claimed by the Jewish singles group Aish, but I believe I read somewhere that ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 9-3-2009

Of course, as you read this, you'll be wondering if you can get an unbiased assessment of the pros and cons of speed-dating vs online dating, so I have made sure I've done the research and asked proponents of both methods. We recognize that speed-dating isn't necessarily for everyone, and that a thought-out "dating strategy" probably shouldn't rely on one method of meeting people.Hopefully the comparison below will help you make a decision.The advantages of online dating:1. While there i ... [Read full post]