Co-Founded pe•ple, a software plugin that allows any business to embed a white-label community platform directly onto their website.
Head of Product Strategy
Han W., CEO
Aiden K., Head of Design
Hahnbee L., Head of Engineering
October 2020
to
February 2021
Community is essential to the human experience. We find it in so many places: family, friends, jobs, and organizations. We even find community in the artists we admire, the missions we support, and the food we enjoy. Community allows us to feel as though we are a part of something greater than ourselves.
As a student at a school with 15,000 undergraduates, the communities we are a part of become our identity. They play a crucial role in helping us navigate a vast sea of people who are also figuring out where they themselves fit in.
Unfortunately, the pandemic hindered many communities (organizations, clubs, and businesses) from forming new relationships and building upon old ones. Many organizations struggle with maintaining their community on virtual platforms such as Slack or GroupMe. There was one major problem:
Slack is a workspace communication platform, and GroupMe aims to bring group messaging to every device.