It’s been a long time since Brian Schechter and Aaron Schildkrout carried their elementary school dance parties. After 20 years of talking about “creating something that would shatter conventions and erect something way better”, these two childhood best friends came up with their best idea so far: HowAboutWe, an exciting and fun new way of dating.
In a time when dating site clones pop up in the hundreds, HowAboutWe.com introduces a different approach: instead of screening through profiles, you chose people based on their date ideas using a “How about we…” template. Members still fill out profiles but the action is all about the proposed dates. Can it get better than that?
By the time this article went out, these were the most popular dates on the site:
– How about we… have dinner at an underground supper club led by a secret famous chef.
– How about we… check out a scavenger hunt at the Met.
– How about we… walk the High Line.
– How about we… go for a walk, sit in Union Square and watch people.
I sent Brian a set of questions and here is