Seattle Startup Weekend Idea 02

This is the second of two ideas I’m contributing for Seattle Startup Weekend.

Nomidate

This is a social network designed to augment your dating life. You create a profile to specify the qualities and attributes you’re looking for in someone that you would like to date. The feature that separates this site from others, is that your friends are making the initial connections to your potential mates, on your behalf.

The beauty of this is that it’s acceptable for married people to be on the site. In fact, I expect that married women will be one of the core user groups. It’s just like your buddy’s wife, who enjoys playing matchmaker for her single friends.

Here’s another scenario that I imagine would be quite common. Lets say there’s a guy, we’ll call him Clark. Clark has  a neighbor and has a crush on her. We’ll call her Lana. Clark asks out Lana and they begin dating for a while. It’s comes to an end, but on good terms. Clark and Lana are both on Nomidate and connected. Lana’s profile mentions that she dated Clark, and thinks hes a good guy. Lana sends Chloe a message recommending that she date Clark.   Chloe looks Lana’s profile, and sees that she’s rated as a  good person for making matches. Chloe sends Clark a message saying Lana recommended him. Now Clark and Chloe can date.

• Revenue model: Low signup fees + Vendor subsidies.  Our partners post their articles in the advice section of the site. They pay us for that priviledge.
• Partnership opportunities: Magazines like Cosmo, Men’s Health
• UI: XHTML/CSS, PHP, MySQL