Pie made the finals for the Rising Star Award at the 1871 Momentum Awards. Voting closes tomorrow (August 14th).
If you've ever stared at your phone on a Sunday afternoon wondering what's actually happening in your city... if you think apps should make life more interesting, not just more efficient... vote for us.
VOTE HERE!
Here's what we built: an app that connects you to cool stuff happening around you and the people doing it. Revolutionary? No. Needed? Apparently.
I keep thinking about what "making it" actually means. When I sold Bonobos, people said I'd made it. When I wrote a book, same thing. When I gave a TED talk, again. But honestly? Those felt more like checkpoints than destinations.
This feels different.
Maybe because we're solving something I actually care about. Maybe because the problem is so stupidly simple: most people don't know what to do on a random Tuesday night. Or they want to try that pilates on the beach class but don't want to show up alone.
1871 is where Chicago's biggest tech stories started. They've seen hundreds of companies come through. That they picked us means something.
The truth is, most "social" apps make you scroll more, not socialize more. We're trying to be the opposite. Get you off your couch. Into the world. With other humans. Novel concept in 2025.
So here's my ask: vote for us. Not because we're going to change the world. But because maybe we can make Tuesday nights less boring.
And honestly? That's not nothing.