Walker Corporate Law Startup of the Week #19- Aaron Schildkrout




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Summary: Never miss an episode! Subscribe in iTunes: Audio (http://bit.ly/TwiStA) (http://bit.ly/TwiStA) || Video (http://bit.ly/TwiStV) (http://bit.ly/TwiStV) Walker Corporate Law is a boutique law firm specializing in the representation of entrepreneurs. If you want to talk to the founder, call Scott directly at 310-288-6667 Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! (http://thisweekin.com/email/) (http://bit.ly/TwistMail) (http://bit.ly/TwistMail) ============== On this episode of Walker Corporate Law's' Startup of the week, Jason talks with Aaron Schildkrout, co-founder and co-CEO of HowAboutWe. 0:05 HowAboutWe is on the program today! Stick with us! 1:30 Before we get started, I need to thank our sponsor Walker Corporate Law 3:00 Welcome to the program Aaron Schildkrout of HowAboutWe 4:00 Tell us about your startup. Where did you get your inspiration? 5:35 How many people go on dates through your service per day? 6:15 What makes a successful date idea? 7:30 Does this take some of the stigma away from online dating? 8:00 What are some of the top 10 date suggestions? 9:40 so if 2 people post the same date they are often compatible 10:00 What are some of the weirdest dates you have heard of? 10:45 Are lude dates against your terms of service? 12:00 What services do you have available for couples? 14:30 What about couples going out with other couples? 16:45 What explains the huge amount of financing you got? 18:00 So this isn't cheap? It's $22/month. 20:30 So the way you are able to offer activities for free is by promotion by way of word of mouth? 22:30 So in a way, you are the anti-Groupon because your clientele is more high class? 24:40 How do you summarize and pitch your business in less than 1 minute? 28:25 Has anyone copied your model so far? 28:50 What would success for this company mean to you? 31:50 Continued success with HowAboutWe! This is a great product! Jason: @jason (http://twitter.com/jason)HowAboutWe: @howaboutwe (http://www.twitter.com/howaboutwe) Aaron: @schildkrout (http://www.twitter.com/schildkrout) WalkerCorporate Law: @scottedwalker  (http://www.twitter.com/scottedwalker)