Introduction to using Matchwise at Inception Studio's East West Bank event during Tech Week

Matchwise is an app that helps attendees find the best people to talk with at business and social events, and afterwards.

During SF Tech Week, Inception Studio will be using Matchwise to help founders find co-founders during their Co-founder Matching event at East West Bank.

If you would like to be connected with other founders, please consider joining us on Tuesday, October 8 for this matchmaking event here.

How Does Matchwise Work?

Matchwise is a web app (no install needed!) that hosts AI powered matchmakers such as the matchmaker for Inception Studio.

Before an event, you spend a few minutes letting the matchmaker get to know you. This is more than the one-size-fits-all LinkedIn profile - the AI matchmaker asks you deeper questions that are relevant to the event, and from the perspective of the organizer.

The AI matchmaker is more than a form where you type something and hit the 'enter' key. The matchmaker will ask you deeper questions to really understand you, and even offer guidance to help you answer the question.

After your deeper chat with the matchmaker, the AI will generate succinct summaries of what you talked about, and those summaries will be used to match you with other people at the event.

Quickstart: Before the event, find a quiet place and five minutes...

Ready to start? Follow these steps:

1. Using your phone or laptop open up the Inception Studio matchmaker
2. If this is your first time, a pop-up will appear asking you to sign into Matchwise with Google or to verify a phone number
3. After you sign in, there will be a few quick form questions. These questions are very useful for other people to find you as a match using the filter (covered later)
4. Tap the "Step 2: Deep Chat" button to start chatting with the AI matchmaker
5. On the Deep Chat screen (shown as "Step 2: Deep Chat with Inception Studio") the top of the screen shows three topics the matchmaker would like to discuss with you (Why build a startup, exceptional achievement, and what you are looking for in a co-founder). You can tap any topic to skip around, or the matchmaker will advance to the next after each topic has been discussed enough.
6. Spend a few minutes chatting with the matchmaker to cover all the topics. Any any time you can tap the "Show Matches" button to end the Deep Chat.
7. Inception Studio will reveal the matches on the day of the event. If you visit the Matches screen before the event you will see a countdown timer.

Here's what to do at the event...

When you arrive at East West Bank for the Inception Studio event, please visit the home screen of the Matchwise website with your phone and enable the "Nearby" feature. The Nearby feature lets us know you have arrived, and also lets other attendees know you are nearby for conversation.

Want a personal introduction to others?

Matchwise has real human Guides that can help you find your matches to talk with and make live introductions. Ask the host to point out the Guides at the event.

To find interesting people to talk with using the app:

1. Open the Matchwise app and enable "Nearby"
2. With Nearby enabled, you should see the Inception Studio matchmaker in the nearby list. (If you don't see the matchmaker, tap the "Matchmakers" bottom tab, and tap on the Inception Studio matchmaker from there)
3. On the "About Matchmaker" screen for Inception Studio, tap the "See Matches" button

Finding interesting people to talk with using the Matches screen

1. Next to each person is a number that represents how similar their deep chat answers are to yours.
2. Narrow the matches down using the filter: checkbox the Filter option (just above the Nearby checkbox) and then choose the kinds of people you want to match with. As you select your criteria, the number of matching people above the filter will change.
3. After using the filter, scan down the list of people to find someone who might be interesting
4. To see more about the person, tap the right side "expander" icon, or tap the blue match score. The persons full answers to all topics will show, along with their form question answers
5. To learn more about possible synergies with this person, tap the "Explain synergies" button
6. To get hints on how to connect or interact with this person, type in what you want in next to the "Strategize" button, then click the button
7. To let the person know you would like to talk with them, tap the thumbs up icon

See who wants to talk with you

When other people tap the "Let's Talk" icon, then they will show up in your Let's Talk list. To see that list, tap the bottom navigation button labelled "Let's Talk"

If you would like to let them know you want to talk too, then tap the thumbs up icon for them. You can also type in a short message for them to see.

Wrapping up

Thank you so much for trying out Matchwise. If you have any questions, want to let us know about an issue, or have suggestions on how to make Matchwise better, then please send us an email at support@matchwise.ai

Thank you!