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After adding all 7 questions to their custom matchmaking form, matches were based upon the weights shown in the pie chart to the right. Intros’ proprietary machine-learning algorithm took all of these questions into account!
How does a community of 2000+ founders from 50+ countries match up potential co-founders with Intros AI? We talked with Joanna, a community builder and connector who helps manage ODF, On Deck's flagship fellowship.
OnDeck is a program that gathers founders from around the world that are all interested in starting their own company or joining an early stage startup.
Every potential founder is looking for a co-founder with a certain set of skills. That’s why On Deck decided to make their most important question a “Give and Take” question. Members were matched based on the skills they were looking for and the skills they could offer.
Another important factor is understanding the time commitment of these potential co-founders. On Deck used a similarity scale question to match members who could commit a similar amount of time.
Even if you’ve found someone who has the skills you need, you still need to find time to co-work. On Deck chose to use a multi-comparison question to find common times that co-founders could work together on their next big idea.
To successfully start a company, it requires co-founders to have similar levels of self-sufficiency. This is why On Deck decided to create a “Must Have” question which made sure those who matched have the same level of comfortability around questionable income.
On Deck wanted potential co-founders to understand each other's past work experiences and stay connected.
Megan and Jonathan met in 2021 through the On Deck Intros Club. After just the second week of opt-ing in, the perfect match was between the two was found.
“I would have never imagined I would find my lifelong co-founder through an Intros club. However, it did a perfect job at finding what we cared about the most and making a seamless introduction between us. And for that, we’re eternally grateful”
In 2022, Jonathan and Megan have made large strides in creating the company that will address the next generation’s mental health challenges called Headspace. They have raised many rounds of funding and are quickly growing to become a next-gen leader in the space.
Megan and Jonathan still meet using the On Deck Intros club to this day to find more talented co-founders to join them on their mission.
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When members within the OnDeck community were matched, they were given all of the information from these questions, and our matching algorithm was able to make ideal matches based on all the percentages of weigh you see above. It is really difficult to find other young, aspiring founders - much less screen them for availability and accountability you want in a co-founder. This Intros club proved to be incredibly powerful for the OnDeck community, and will be started up again when the new batch of aspiring founders comes through the OnDeck pipeline.
