The basic idea behind speed dating is transferred over to roommate searching to create speedroommating. Finding the right place to live is already a challenging feat, and it becomes even more stressful to lock down the perfect roommate.
Speedroommating is an event that anyone can attend to mix and mingle until they find the perfect roommate match. Everyone has a name tag sticker that indicates if they have a room or if they are looking for a room so people know right off the bat what they are getting into. The sticker also includes information on price range and desired location. Conversation comes easy to event-goers because they all share a common need.
At the moment, speedroommating is only held in New York City and England, but with its brilliant formula, it is sure to spread quickly.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Social Roommate-matching
- Opportunity for disruptive innovation in creating an online platform for roommate-seeking that emulates the social aspect of speedroommating events.
- Digital Sticker Tagging
- Opportunity for disruptive innovation in creating a mobile app that features digital sticker tagging to match users with the right roommates based on price range and desired location.
- Virtual Speedroommating
- Opportunity for disruptive innovation in creating a virtual speedroommating event, allowing people to connect with potential roommates from anywhere in the world.
Where This Applies
- Real Estate
- The speedroommating concept could be adapted by real estate agencies and online apartment search platforms as a value-added service.
- Event Planning
- Opportunity for event planning companies to create and host speedroommating events in cities other than New York and England.
- Social Networking
- Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the social networking industry by creating a platform specializing in roommate-seeking, using the speedroommating model.
