all hands

“All hands should be on deck, working to persuade Republican senators to oppose this threat to health and science,” says former NIH Director Harold Varmus.

Not your typical singles mixer, All Hands on Deck is a high-energy matchmaking event where participants pitch their single friends to an audience of mostly singles with a slide deck presentation, the kind one might give to their team at work in a data report meeting.

Co-founders Andrea Ramirez and David Greenberg — who have been hosting speed dating events in L.A. through their company, the Next Fun Thing — launched All Hands on Deck in April after seeing a similar event take place in Seattle.

And for many who are abandoning dating apps, events like All Hands on Deck are an exciting way to meet potential suitors offline.

Held at the House of Cocotte in the Arts District, Ramirez and Greenberg, who have been dating for roughly five years, wanted All Hands on Deck to feel like a full-on production.