Local entrepreneurs turn Start-up Weekend idea into Bite to Meet

Four people met at Start-up Weekend in downtown Detroit last fall and turned the project they started into a business, Bite to Meet, that launched the Beta version of its product this week.

"We decided it was a good idea to keep working on," says Ramita Chawla, co-founder of Bite to Meet. "We have been moving forward on it ever since."

Bite to Meet is a virtual company (its founders live everywhere from downtown Royal Oak to Windsor) that is developing a web-based platform for professionals to expand their social networks over a meal. The idea, based on the Never Eat Alone book, is to help people maximize their networking time.

"You eat everyday," Chawla says. "You shouldn't waste that opportunity."

Bite to Meet also focuses on helping people make effective connections. That way people aren't asking what others can do for them while networking, but asking what they can do for others. The value of helping others lets it come to them.

Chawla and her partners plan to focus on Metro Detroit first. They hope to spread it across the Midwest in the company's first year. "We'd love to grow this and add more people," Chawla says. "We'd love to grow this as big as it can get."

Source: Ramita Chawla, co-founder of Bite to Meet
Writer: Jon Zemke

Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.

Local entrepreneurs turn Start-up Weekend idea into Bite to Meet

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