#62 - Thank you
We are a community of singles and non-singles sharing our relationship journeys. Welcome to our weekly newsletter that includes a few stories, a rotating topic, and anything new we are trying out. It’s early days - thanks for being curious about us and following along.
How is it Thanksgiving again?! That is all we’ve been saying on this side of the screen. Supposedly the Earth is spinning faster, but goodness where’s the seatbelt.
Hope we are finding you on this rainy Tuesday (in NJ at least) ready to soak up a shorter week and spend some time on gratitude with loved ones perhaps over some stuffing.
We are spending a few moments on gratitude here too.
GRATITUDE
To you
Thank you for giving Meet The Otter space in your inbox. We wouldn’t have a shot at bringing community to life without you…and we wouldn’t be thriving in this third pivot without you. Seriously, thank you.
To Katie, Sanjay, Serena, and Dominik
We started our journey thinking we wanted to launch something better than the other 1500+ dating apps out there. But then we honored that sinking feeling in our hearts and said no thank you to investors and their dollars. We decided to stay true to our core and focus on our community.
Next we debuted the idea of community matchmaking as our second pivot. Katie, Sanjay, Serena, and Dominik stepped up and tried something new. They did video dating profiles, which you can catch on our IG. As one person said, “Someone has to try a new thing for a company to work so sign me up!” Thank you for giving us a chance. Thank you for your vulnerability. Thank you for your time.
To our first customers
Next we brainstormed how to build for our community and co-authored our group coaching experience called The Link with Ali Jackson from @findingmrheight. To our first customers, thank you for trusting us and investing in your relationship journey with The Link. We love, love, love working with you and are amazed to see the connection deepen week after week!
Also…to anyone interested, we are launching more groups next month!
To our team
Ali, Rebecca, Amanda, and Jenny - Thank you for sharing your brains, talents, passion, and time to reinvent dating…while you all work full time jobs too.
Ali co-authored and leads our group coaching experience called The Link. She also advises on content strategy for Meet The Otter. There are reels on IG because of Ali. Fun Fact - Ali (or @findingmrheight) and has helped over 100K daters. This is all in addition to her day job, which has nothing to do with dating and a lot to do with Excel.
Rebecca runs her own creative agency in Boston. She is constantly thinking about new ways to grow and involve the community. She helps us look stellar everywhere we show up in the world. Fun Fact - Rebecca is a World Champion rower.
Amanda is our board certified physician who runs the research lab on mindfulness at the Cleveland Clinic. She advises on all the behavioral science aspects of the experience at Meet The Otter. Fun fact - Amanda started a puppy patch business to pay for med school (she may be an MD, but she's secretly an entrepreneur waiting to debut).
Jenny is an Emmy and Peabody winning Creative Producer, Design Lead, and Motion Artist. She is the person leading the design vision of Meet The Otter. For example, if you are into the otter emoji with the sunglasses (Ozzy), that’s Jenny! Fun fact - she has worked with Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, and Elon Musk.
TWO REQUESTS FOR THANKSGIVING
Group Coaching
If you know anyone interested in feeling like there is a team rooting for you on your dating journey, do you mind putting a plug in for our group coaching experience called The Link please?
Newsletter
If you’re picking up what we’re putting down, please consider adding three folks to our community this Thanksgiving holiday. Just forward this email or add an email address below. Thanks for the support!
For those who celebrate, safe travels and happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for sharing some of your Tuesday here.
See you next week!
-Simran