I realized that before Facebook, the internet had a lot of information but lacked a focus on real identity and connections between people.

At the time we were writing, there wasn't much content about how to market properly on the internet, which helped us stand out.

The transition from bulletin boards to the public internet in the 1990s allowed for a much larger and more dynamic online community, fundamentally changing how people interacted and shared information.

The availability of information has drastically improved since the 90s; now, everything is just a search away, including free video content on platforms like YouTube.

I built a website called Course Match to help students at Harvard connect based on the courses they were taking, which highlighted people's desire to understand their peers.

In college, I wanted to create products that connected me with the community around me, which led to the realization that I needed to build software that others would use too.

The internet has created new ways to connect with people, allowing us to find communities and tribes that share our interests, like music or sports.

We wanted to take the experience of discussing papers in person and bring it online, as we noticed a lot of valuable content is produced while trying to understand complex papers.

We built tools to enable people to connect easily, solving their problems and removing friction.