"I don't regret it" — Peeple CEO, Julia Cordray on her controversial app that went infamously viral

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Peeple allows rating other people, much like Yelp allows rating restaurants, services and places. As soon as the app concept became public, media storm broke out accusing Peeple founders of creating a tool for bullying people. Ironically, Julia Cordray — the app co-founder and CEO — became a bullied victim herself, she received thousands of aggressive messages and phone calls, even death threats. After this first media nightmare in the fall of 2015, she's now receiving a second wave of media attention after Peeple's launch in March 2016. We talked about the full story of Peeple app — from the idea to building the first version of the app, through Julia's thoughts on the media attention, their launch difficulties, and future plans for Peeple. Did Julia expect all the media controversy? Did she modify the app concept? How many people are using the app today? What does she think of their current 1.5 star review in the App Store? Does she believe the media storm worked for the better or worse for the company? Listen to the interview to get insight on what was happening behind the scenes while press and social media were loosing their mind about Peeple. You can also watch video interview at www.valleytalks.com. A lovely shout out to our partner Galvanize, where me and Julia could comfortably meet and chat, and to our sponsor UnStock — an on demand community and marketplace for mobile videographers.