From delivering food to improving restaurant management and diving into the food supply chain, the journey of iFood seems to be promising.
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Blind: Building and Scaling Anonymous Community
“Anonymous community for the workplace.”
– Kyum Kim, Head of US operations and co-founder of TeamBlind
“Most of our U.S. users are tech employees and there are tons of topics on Blind. Many of them talk about compensation, salary, company environment and issues like sexual harassment. They also talk about trending issues like cryptocurrencies or investments.”
– Sunguk Moon, CEO and co-founder of TeamBlind