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Wisani Shilumani

Boardroom - Dating for professionals

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Boardroom is a dating app designed for busy professionals. We verify users through LinkedIn and a manual review process. We’ve designed the app to serve those looking for serious long term relationships by encouraging intentional swiping and focused matching.

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Wisani Shilumani
Maker
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Hello Product Hunters 👋
 I’m Wisani, and I’m super excited to announce Boardroom - a dating app for professionals who are looking to date professionals alike. I know: "Not another dating app!" Hear us out ✍️
We created Boardroom because we saw that all the big dating apps had these two same problems: 1. Poor quality of profiles (and bots) because they're open to everyone 2. Ghosting & despondency because they're designed like casinos ✅ Addressing the quality problem ========================== Being working professionals ourselves, we saw an opportunity to build a dating app that was limited to other working professionals with an already well-crafted online presence - we thought this was a good proxy to solve for the first problem. 
👻 Addressing the ghosting problem ============================ Soon after testing the app, we fell into the same ghosting issues that other platforms faced - and we narrowed it down unintentional swiping and overmatching. The typical dating app lets you match with an unbounded number of people. The problem users face is that they either have too many chats to manage, or they’re destined to match with other users who have too many chats to manage. Imagine a real life scenario where you’re trying speak to the president when 100 other people are trying to do the same thing - chances are, not everyone will get a chance!

Our solution was to have a three chat limit. This guarantees that anytime two people are chatting, we’re simulating “6 people in a room”, where the likelihood of being present in the conversation is higher. 👉 Some key differentiators for Boardroom ================================ ✅ LinkedIn verification 💬 Three chat limit 💖️ You can see your likes for free 📖 We manually review profiles We're super excited for you to try out the app. We can't wait to hear your feedback and suggestions. Thank a million for your support!
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@shivam_tiwari24 Much appreciated :)
Joonatan
Congrats on the launch! I’m sure busy startup founders will love this!😄
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@joonatanvanhala Thank you! Oh for sure, I may have found someone on there myself 😉 Looking forward to your launch!
Joonatan
@wisanishilumanimakes That’s amazing😄Thank you!
Yudhi Moodley
😹 LOL
Awesome product!!! I'm super proud of you guys and have been following this journey since it's inception. Absolutely stoked at how far you've come. Q: When will we be able to filter matches/interests by income bracket?
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@yudhi_moodley Thanks for all the support and encouragement throughout the journey Yudhi! Income bracket is a difficult one, as it may incentivise the wrong behaviour. But it's something we'll think deeply about. One of our next big features is filtering by job level, but this also needs careful design - since an executive at a 1 person business is different from an executive from a publicly listed business of 100,000 staff.
Serisha Barrat
Maker
Excited for our launch tomorrow, its been a great 6 months this far, looking forward to the support and feedback we get from the launch. Lets go ! @derusha_naidoo @wisanishilumanimakes
Jason Wallace
Awesome idea! I met my girlfriend, now fiancée, on a dating app all because we were both working as software developers. So I'm at least one data point for this kind of dating app! 🙌
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@jdeanwallace That's amazing to hear, congrats to the both of you! Great living proof that dating apps do actually work ;) Hoping to hear more stories like yours 💖
Serisha Barrat
Maker
@jdeanwallace that’s incredible. I love that.
Wisani Hlangwane
I've been following your product for the past couple of months now and am very excited for this massive launch!! Godspeed guys, you all have my support! @serisha_barrat @wisanishilumanimakes @derusha_naidoo
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@serisha_barrat @derusha_naidoo @wisani_hlangwane Thanks for your support, encouragement and feedback in that time! Much appreciated, hope to see more of your 📍 soon!
Serisha Barrat
Maker
@wisani_hlangwane thank you , we appreciate the support . Exciting times ahead .
Shushant Lakhyani
💡 Bright idea
Hmm this is good, but what if a manager finds his/her team member on the app? Is there any filter to avoid that?
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@shushant_lakhyani Hi Shushant, that's a great question! We've got an incognito feature, where you can still reach out to people, but not appear in public :) We're also working on a feature to hide people from your organisation
Yuki
💡 Bright idea
@shushant_lakhyani @wisanishilumanimakes Wisani wonder if there is a way to hide people just on your immediate team haha? Maybe you can type in their name, the app does not tell you whether they exist on the app, but as long as name & company are in the database it won't suggest you to your immediate team? Idk just asking for too much as a customer maybe 🙈
Derusha Naidoo
Maker
What an exciting moment for the team 🎉♥️ Really keen to get feedback from the Product Hunt community so we can bring Boardroom to even more professionals!
Serisha Barrat
Maker
@derusha_naidoo helping professional’s everywhere find love ☝🏼🌹
Jaryd Raizon
I've loved following the Boardroom journey and I'm impressed with the USP, execution, and traction. I have recommended it to my single peers who had great things to say about the UX :)
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@jaryd_raizon Thanks so much Jaryd! Your encouragement means the world! I trust your then single friends are no longer single then? ;)
Serisha Barrat
Maker
@jaryd_raizon thank you . We appreciate the support and feedback.
Marc Perel
This is really interesting and knowing @wisanishilumanimakes I'm certain that extreme consideration has gone into the app. Lovely work Wisani and team!
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@marcperel Appreciate the kind words Marc, thanks for supporting our launch! 🙇🏾
Serisha Barrat
Maker
@marcperel thank you for the support .
Yuki
Both of your pain points are accurate I'd imagine. My friends complain about 2 all the time. Threw in my vote!
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@yukioyama Many thanks Yuki! Thanks for the support throughout the week :)
Muhammad Sarmad Hafeez
Boardroom is a game-changer for professional singles. With its sleek interface and tailored approach to matchmaking, it's like LinkedIn for love. Say goodbye to swiping fatigue and hello to meaningful connections with like-minded individuals. Highly recommended for those who value both career and companionship.
Alex Conway
Epic!
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@alxcnwy Shot Alex, it's been a while!
Bertha Kgokong
Congratulations on your launch guys, well done
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@berthakgokong Thank you so much for the support Bertha :)
Phiwa Nkambule
All the best of luck. Your app will help create a safe space for dating.
Wisani Shilumani
Maker
@phiwank Thank you so much for the support, we're certainly doing our best to ensure that's the case at scale
Ghost Kitty
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Ashraf Stakala
congratulations on the launch! the app looks great, upvoted!
Zeal Chhasatiya
This app is invite only how I can get one
maxwell mojapelo
Well done on the launch team!
Gabriel
What means "professionals" - I think you should communicate in a more clear way who the target is.