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Sieve

Sieve is an mobile app designed to help you find meaningful connections and counteract the growing loneliness crisis in America

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Project Description

 

Developing Meaningful Connections with Sieve

Finding your best circle.  Sieve’s mission is to help you find the most enjoyable and meaningful Connections so you can have the best social circle to navigate changes in your future and celebrate life!

Sieve helps us connect with face to face interactions. By facilitating social gathering planning, Sieve will help you find real friends, collaborators, people that you have real chemistry with IRL.

Although there are countless number of events in the city to network, it rarely leads to a deeper connection; we need to spend more time with one-another to foster a meaningful relationship. 

However, organizing a gathering is more challenging than not. Conflicts in schedules, logistics and the expense of it all can discourage anyone from making the effort of getting people together.

Sieve is here to help.

What’s new? 

#descriptors - They are free-form descriptors of who you are, your aspirations and interests.  These serve to connect you with people that have the same goals and/or have similar interests. You will be presented with profiles based on these #descriptors.  Profiles will be ALL INCLUSIVE, as long as you have commonalities, you will see the profile, then it’s up to you to accept as a Connection or Not.  Diversity in our social group can only enrich our lives! 

No pre-gathering chatter.  Sieve’s mission is to bring people together IRL.  We are all too busy to add more pen pals that keep us attached to our phones.   Only Hosts and paid participants will be able to communicate prior to a gathering for updates and such.  Chat at the gathering!

Select the type of Connections you want.  As you build your connections group and have in-person interactions, you can be as selective as you want when sending your invite. 

Participating Partners.  Enjoy entertaining at home but not so much the trips to the store?  Our Meal-kit partners will have all the ingredients for your dinner party before your planned gathering.    Prefer going out somewhere?  Enjoy discounts from our participating partners.

Post-gathering Survey.  Sieving through your Connections will  help you identify those with whom you can develop the most meaningful relationships.

Likability Circle.  At a quick glance you can see the gatherings that are taking place in your vicinity and see if Connections you have met in the past are joining as well as your affinity towards them.  These circles are customized based on your feedback of your interactions with Connections, and are for your eyes only.

You can decide to change the likability rank of a Connection after each in-person interaction; you might find someone more pleasant, or not, at the next gathering.

The friends you choose make a difference.  Spending time with people you enjoy may yield a multitude of long-term physical and emotional health benefits.

 A study of 4,739 adults who participated in the Framingham Heart Study between 1983 and 2003 showed that people tend to cluster into happy or unhappy groups, and happiness appears to spread not just to those immediately inside the social group, but to their contacts as well[5].  

This and other studies show that healthy relationships make aging more enjoyable, lessen grief, and provide camaraderie to help you reach personal goals, among other things.  Having happy friends who live close to you is especially powerful predictor of happiness[6].

Our time is precious, and we want to spend it with people whose company we enjoy the most.  Sieving through your connections will help you identify those people most meaningful to you.
 

The problem of not having meaningful interactions

In this social media society, we find ourselves scrolling and swiping too much and not engaging in person enough; truly engaging.

This has caused a growing sense of social isolation and loneliness across all generations, which experts are calling a loneliness crisis. 

In a study by Cigna reported that: 

• Only around half of Americans (53%) say they have meaningful, daily face-to-face social interactions, including an extended conversation with a friend or spending quality time with family.

• Members of Generation Z (adults aged 18-22 for the purposes of this study) say they are the loneliest generation and claim to be in worse health than older generations.

More people live (and eat) alone. More than half of all meals (57%) are eaten alone, a 2014 study by market researcher NPD Group concluded. And 34% of Americans spend dinner time alone. Nearly 30% of households in the U.S. are comprised of one person[1,2].

According to a recent YouGov survey, some 30 percent of American Millennials say that they are lonely. More than 20 percent report that they have no friends; a quarter claim to have no close ones[2].

Based on this survey, there are >22 million American Millennials in need of meaningful relationships.

The Wall Street Journal reported that "Baby boomers are aging alone more than any generation in U.S. history, and the resulting loneliness is a looming public health threat.  Loneliness and isolation are bad for your health at any age, but the forces that take hold late in life often compound it. Retirement shrivels social networks formed through work[4].  There were 73 million Baby Boomers at end of 2019, with 18% reporting their desire to join networks from where to source meaningful connections.

Help me change this!

Our Campaign Goal

We are raising money through iFundwomen to build a beta experience of the app to prove product market fit, conduct focus group gatherings for the iteration phase and pay for initial legal and marketing expenses.  

We sincerely thank you for your support in helping us address this growing loneliness crisis in America and provide a path to enjoyable, healthy and meaningful relationships.

 

 

 

 

 

Sources: 

1.  https://www.marketwatch.com/story/america-has-a-big-loneliness-problem-2018-05-02

2.  https://www.happify.com/hd/how-loneliness-affects-us/

3.  https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/8/1/20750047/millennials-poll-loneliness

4.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-loneliest-generation-americans-more-than-ever-are-aging-alone-11544541134

5.  https://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health/social-support.aspx

6.  https://time.com/collection/guide-to-happiness/4809325/friends-friendship-health-family/

Updates

The Campaign FAQs

  • Please send us your comments or questions to [email protected]
  • Sieve has filed a provisional patent for its friendship/dating system special features

 

 

Elizabeth Mendoza
02/22/2020
Monetary Contribution
$50
Angie
02/22/2020
Sieve Apron plus Spotify Playlist
$100
Jennifer Mahard
01/22/2020
Monetary Contribution
$100
Amy Leitner
01/19/2020
Pre-Pre-Pre Launch in NYC + Membership
$250
Carmen Moreno
01/09/2020
Founder Hosted Dinner Party
$65
Mohit
01/08/2020
Monetary Contribution
$50
Ashley Watson
01/07/2020
Monetary Contribution
$100
MM
01/06/2020
Founder Hosted Dinner Party
$65
01/06/2020
Monetary Contribution
$25
Sheri
01/04/2020
Monetary Contribution
$50
Monetary Contribution

Just Because I Care

13 Supporters
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250.00 USD
Pre-Pre-Pre Launch in NYC + Membership

Join us for Sieve's Exclusive Pre-Pre-Pre Launch in NYC Hosted by Sieve and House of Sinclair's Mixologists and Hostesses at a private location plus a Lifetime Membership fully transferable.

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7 Supporters
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200.00 USD
1 hour Personal Branding Coaching

Journalist, Personal Branding Strategist and Public Image Consultant Anna Leonti started World Brand Company to help public and professional figures become more influential by refining their personal brand

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0 Supporters
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120.00 USD
Lifetime Membership & Spotify playlist

Have access to the Sieve community and join gatherings free of membership fees; transfer to a future member at anytime.  We'll include music to lift your spirits and celebrate life!

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3 Supporters
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100.00 USD
Sieve Apron plus Spotify Playlist

Ready, Set, Cook! - Adjustable Apron with Pockets plus a soothing playlist with international flare for a nice cooking experience

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3 Supporters
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65.00 USD
Founder Hosted Dinner Party

Please join us for a pleasant evening of cooking, mingling and learning about the special features of Sieve from the founder. 

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7 Supporters
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60.00 USD
Sieve #Definitely Tee + Spotify Playlist

Cute 100% Cotton Tee - Tell the world you are #Definitely ready to take it ON plus music to inspire you with works of trending artists and upbeat classics

 

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2 Supporters
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5,000.00 USD
Sieve Market Ambasadorship

App License to develop your market - Term, Market, Fees are negotiable

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About the Entrepreneur

New york, NY
Created 1 Campaign
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Rewards

Monetary Contribution

Just Because I Care

13 Supporters
Select this reward
250.00 USD
Pre-Pre-Pre Launch in NYC + Membership

Join us for Sieve's Exclusive Pre-Pre-Pre Launch in NYC Hosted by Sieve and House of Sinclair's Mixologists and Hostesses at a private location plus a Lifetime Membership fully transferable.

13 Left
7 Supporters
Select this reward
200.00 USD
1 hour Personal Branding Coaching

Journalist, Personal Branding Strategist and Public Image Consultant Anna Leonti started World Brand Company to help public and professional figures become more influential by refining their personal brand

3 Left
0 Supporters
Select this reward
120.00 USD
Lifetime Membership & Spotify playlist

Have access to the Sieve community and join gatherings free of membership fees; transfer to a future member at anytime.  We'll include music to lift your spirits and celebrate life!

47 Left
3 Supporters
Select this reward
100.00 USD
Sieve Apron plus Spotify Playlist

Ready, Set, Cook! - Adjustable Apron with Pockets plus a soothing playlist with international flare for a nice cooking experience

27 Left
3 Supporters
Select this reward
65.00 USD
Founder Hosted Dinner Party

Please join us for a pleasant evening of cooking, mingling and learning about the special features of Sieve from the founder. 

23 Left
7 Supporters
Select this reward
60.00 USD
Sieve #Definitely Tee + Spotify Playlist

Cute 100% Cotton Tee - Tell the world you are #Definitely ready to take it ON plus music to inspire you with works of trending artists and upbeat classics

 

48 Left
2 Supporters
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5,000.00 USD
Sieve Market Ambasadorship

App License to develop your market - Term, Market, Fees are negotiable

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0 Supporters
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