You Can Subscribe to Friendship Now — Church Used to Do It for Free

There’s a startup that’ll seat you at dinner with strangers for a fee. There are apps that gamify friendship outreach, co-working memberships for people who miss having colleagues, and a sober nightlife platform in New York that’s built a community of 35,000 people by offering somewhere to go on a Friday night that isn’t a bar. Bloomberg recently noted that friendship startups are pulling serious venture capital despite a fundamental business model problem. Forbes followe