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Happenstance

Meet a random human being every month by email

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Yoann Lopez
@yoann_lopez · Growth / digital marketing
We created happenstance because we wanted to meet new interesting people, with no other purpose than sharing thoughts, ideas, and life experience. We had that burning desire to expand our world, and to discover the lives and adventures of other people we don’t know yet. We couldn't help but wonder about all those amazing souls we might share something with i… See more

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Yoann Lopez
@yoann_lopez · Growth / digital marketing
We created happenstance because we wanted to meet new interesting people, with no other purpose than sharing thoughts, ideas, and life experience. We had that burning desire to expand our world, and to discover the lives and adventures of other people we don’t know yet. We couldn't help but wonder about all those amazing souls we might share something with i… See more
Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
Interesting idea. Similar to Serendipity but I'm not sure that is even still going... @manasvinik maybe you can tell us :) - and if it is not still running then maybe you can share some of the challenges here! @yoann_lopez how are you going to ensure that the people others are meeting are actually worthwhile? Not time-wasters, half-arsed ppl etc. This is b… See more
David Ball
@davieball · ceo/co-founder
I love the thinking behind this concept but here's my thesis: people want to think they are open to meeting anybody but really they want to meet pretty specific types of people. If you can build your brand around the former but technically nail the latter through some form of personality/demographic profiling and learning over time you may have something pre… See more
Coleman Oates
@colemanoates · hustling dude @osmoll
Interesting Just signed up. I'm looking forward to getting started. I feel this has the potential to span out globally. Excited to see how this pans out!
Lex Evan
@lexevan
Signed up. Excited to try it, and In other thoughts… Depending on the quality and connection made per match, I'd be happy to meet one new friend across the globe in a year, rather than 12—even if half work out, thats going to lead to a lot of work to maintain these new connections, especially when it's solely on you to keep the conversation going. Meaning, … See more