Post by Samer Roz
Founder of talks. | Data & AI Strategy Intern @ Accenture | Former Vice-President of the IE Student Government | Dual Degree in Business Administration + Data & Business Analytics @ IE University
๐๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. The status quo was thousands of people who share the same elevators. We see the same people every single day, but we often have no idea what anyone is actually thinking. For the last year, Iโve been building talks. to change exactly that. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐: University spirit shouldnโt be confined to private circles. I wanted to build a place where the "inside joke" finally includes everyone. A place where our culture lives. Before launching, I heard a lot of doubts. People told me university-centric startups fail here because "IE students are too chill" or "nobody will care." ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง. But I also couldn't have done it alone. For the last two weeks Marta Bermejo Villaescusa, Milena Villacis Alvarez and Renata Amores Pozo had all bought in to the vision and were essential for the successful launch of the app. I truly couldn't have done it without them. I also want to thank my family Maher Roz, Lilian El Yordi, Kareem Roz and Maria Fernanda Miranda for putting up with hours of calls/brainstorms and always supporting my ambition. ๐๐จ, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐จ? The launch has been more successful than we could have imagined. ๐ 650+ users in just 4 days. ๐ Reaching #28 in Social Networking in the Spanish App Store. ๐ฌ Hundreds of posts proving that this community actually has a lot to say. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ? We are going to continue building the brand and rolling out consistent updates to keep the user base engaged. We are just getting started. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ!ย ๐