IRL rotates into virtual occasion calendar In Remote Life

by RJ Shara | Apr 2, 2020 | Startups

What do you do if you’re an event discovery start-up and unexpectedly it’s prohibited to participate in occasions? You lean into the cultural shift and pivot. Today,$11 million-funded calendar app IRL is changing from In Real Life to In Remote Life. It will now concentrate on helping individuals find, RSVP for, share, chat and strategy […]
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