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<\/a>Manshu Agarwal, a self-described mobile app matchmaker who lives in North Park, hopes to rock the dating world with Spritzr, a fun, stress-less way for singles and couples to play matchmaker.<\/p>\nThe free app, currently only available for Apple devices using the iOS mobile operating system, is designed for \u201csingles to mingle\u201d while their single, partnered or married friends chime in with their own suggestions. Profiles are connected and authenticated via Facebook \u2014 with permission \u2014 and offer users the option to serve as matchmaker or dater. Profile details and matchmaking suggestions encourage daters to communicate via text. Confident to take it one step further, daters choose a rendezvous from Spritzr\u2019s pre-selected ideas or pick their own place to meet.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpritzr combines the benefit of personalized introductions with the convenience of online dating,\u201d Agarwal said. \u201cSpritzr widens the pool of quality prospects while removing the pressure and awkwardness inherent in matchmaking; thus making it easier to initiate a relationship. And couples enjoy a rewarding way to match their single friends and fill that empty seat at the dinner table.\u201d<\/p>\n
Agarwal\u2019s own brief yet informative profile includes photographs and requests information on relationship deal-breakers including location, age, height, sexual orientation, religious denomination, political status, levels of education and career, and the presence of children from a previous relationship.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter that, everything is secondary,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople don\u2019t want to be bombarded with questions. And there\u2019s no evidence that an overabundance of interest details proves to be helpful information. Spritzr is an external defense that uses friends to say, \u2018I think this person would be good for you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Agarwal described online dating as a gladiatorial arena that\u2019s broken.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople waste time browsing, swiping and messaging based on computer algorithms that connect users to strangers,\u201d he said. \u201cFacts show that less than one in four online daters find a relationship and spend more time working online than out dating. Any other product with those results would be thrown away. But because there\u2019s no better alternative and singles are hungry for a relationship, they go back. Humans are better matchmakers than computers. By matching singles they already know, the creeps are removed and singles have a greater chance of finding chemistry.\u201d<\/p>\n Sporting an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and an MBA from Columbia University, the former UK resident says he understands the pain of being single. Convinced that singles are desperate for something better than the \u201chighly competitive, unfriendly, unhelpful, and ultimately less effective\u201d online dating database, Agarwal said he intends to reach the masses with a recession-proof way to meet people through a social network.<\/p>\n Sixty percent of Spritzr\u2019s current users are daters while 40 percent serve as matchmakers. Singles can also get match suggestions from strangers within the Spritzr community. However, three people must choose the same individual before a match is recommended to ensure quality match suggestions. Users also earn Karma Points \u2014 bronze, silver and gold \u2014 based on successful matches to reap Spritzr VIP awards.<\/p>\n \u201cWe believe in our mission statement: Creating love in the world through friends,\u201d Agarwal said. \u201cNamed in recognition of a wine spritzer \u2014 Spritzr is a bubbly, friendly, low pressure, pay-it-forward way to add more love to the world. Spritzr is a friendly way to meet quality people with less shirtless selfies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>
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