Julie Krafchick started her career working in the Silicon Valley tech scene for over a decade, understanding the ins and outs of how technology impacts human relationships. She’s a trained qualitative researcher and app designer with an emphasis on human-centered design. Frustrated by dating herself at the time, she created the app 500 Brunches to facilitate more organic, in-person meetings for friends and dates, which grew into a thriving community (and was also how Julie and Yue Xu met and developed Dateable).