Popcorn Q&A 🍿Ankit Shah, Tea with Strangers, Facebook and Airbnb
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Welcome to our regular Popcorn Q&A 🍿, a convo time with People & Company and friends. In this thread, we’re welcoming Ankit Shah, founder of Te…
Briene, thanks for asking such an important question. I honestly waited til the end of the Q+A to answer this so I could give it proper, dedicated thought. My intention with Tea With Strangers is to create spaces that center around what we share over what we differ on. I think the nature of this invitation comes across pretty clearly throughout the journey of someone discovering TWS, signing up, receiving the automated emails, and the personalized pre-tea time emails that they receive from their host. That said, the container of the conversation when people arrive at a cafe or park to meet…
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