Jared Nissim
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Jared Nissim is a New York City based entrepreneur and founder of social networking websites The Lunch Club, Meet The Neighbors and Speed Friending.
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[edit] The lunch club
In December 2001, while working from home as a corporate/technical writer, Nissim began posting to craigslist with the aim of finding lunch companions.[1][2] After months of informal lunches and craigslist postings, a community network of hundreds of people formed. At first, members of the network referred to it as "The East Village Lunch Club" because Nissim kept his gatherings local to his neighborhood, Manhattan's East Village. In mid 2002, when Nissim formalized the club as an organization and established a website, he dropped "East Village" and left the name as "The Lunch Club".[3] The Lunch Club has developed networks in New York City, Boston and Dublin, and currently has a membership of 15,000.
To date, the club has organized 1800 social gatherings of various kinds (50+ per month) and has been recognized by many major media outlets.
[edit] Meet the neighbors
In November 2004, Nissim launched a second social networking endeavor: Meet The Neighbors, a social network for people to connect with those in their own apartment building.[4] In 2006 the site expanded to cover Boston, London and Dublin and, as of 2007, had over 15,000 members.[5]
[edit] Speed friending
In March 2005 Nissim founded a further site called Speed Friending.[6] After attending a speed dating event in 2003, Nissim adopted the format but changed the concept to fit in with The Lunch Club's mission to help people make friends.[citation needed] The service launched in New York in March 2005 and expanded to Boston and San Francisco the following year.[6] In 2006 the term Speed Friending was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.[7]
Nissim continues to live in the East Village and primarily spends his time organizing and attending Lunch Club gatherings.
[edit] Musical Endeavors
Nissim plays the drums with Jody Porter. Porter is the Grammy-nominated lead guitarist in Fountains of Wayne.
[edit] References
- ^ Burkeman, Oliver (4). "Fancy lunch? Great ... what's your name?". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/apr/04/usa.topstories3. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ Jamison, S. Lee (December 12, 2003). "The Links to Friendship; An Online Search for Fun, Without a Look for Love". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E6D7143CF931A25751C1A9659C8B63&scp=4&sq=jared%20nissim&st=nyt&pagewanted=2.
- ^ Saranow, Jennifer (August 19, 2003). "Liven Up Your Day Life". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB106124347219431300-search.html?collection=wsjie%252F30day&vql_string=%2522University%252Bof%252BIowa%2522%253Cin%253E(article-body).
- ^ Cohen, Joyce (November 14, 2004). "Letting the Internet Knock on the Door". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/realestate/14post.html?_r=2&scp=2&sq=letting+the+internet+knock+on+your+door&st=nyt&oref=slogin.
- ^ Tedeschi, Bob (October 22, 2007). "Meet Your Neighbors, but Just Not in Person". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/technology/22ecom.html?_r=1.
- ^ a b "Relationships: You Had Me at... 'Wow!'". newsweek. 2006. http://www.newsweek.com/2006/02/05/relationships-you-had-me-at-wow.html.
- ^ "And the word on the street is...". BBC. 2006-10-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/breakfast/6042076.stm.
[edit] External links
- The Boston Globe article - Meet on the menu - March 22, 2006
- Time Magazine: Crossing the Virtual Street - Sep. 26, 2005
