Shreya Murthy

And so knowing that, knowing that there is nothing that can replace in-person connection, that gave us a lot of conviction that that fundamental human need would outlast any trend.

It was more gradual than that just because there's only so fast it can grow when it's only through word of mouth because we weren't doing any marketing at the time.

And so I would say it was more just like it went from certainly not growing at all to a very steady, noticeable climb that started that summer and then has never stopped.

since then.

But I agree with you.

I think in retrospect, like the time was so challenging for us.

But I think and I still wish, you know, the pandemic had never happened like most people.

But what ended up happening was I think we all began to appreciate the importance of real world connection in our own lives personally.

And I think that was a big catalyst for people realizing

reevaluating their priorities and thinking about what they wanted to invest in for themselves.

And Partiful just gives people who want to invest in their social life such an amazing tool to do that.

Yeah, a year ago.

It's interesting because we do hear a lot from, you know, evidenced by both the largest companies in the world and, you know, other startups or people out there just being like, oh, yeah, I could build Partiful, right?

It's just like a page and you let people RSVP.

Like, that doesn't seem that hard.

And the truth is that what makes Partiful so incredible is that our team is obsessive about every little detail and making that detail fantastic.

frictionless and delightful and all of that adds up to something that feels so effortless and fun and you can't achieve that unless you do obsess over the details the way we do and so our engineers and designers will spend so much time thinking about an individual flow an individual screen you

You know, where are we placing the buttons?

What does this mean?

How easy is it for the user to understand what to do next?