What a little "social courage" can do: Connecting strangers through tea time 🍵 Ankit Shah, Tea With Strangers
Get TogetherShow Notes
In his senior year of college, Ankit Shah founded Tea With Strangers to meet people he'd never gotten the chance to. Today, it's a global community organization. Hundreds of hosts who have brought more than 50,000 people in 25 cities together in real life for small, meaningful group conversations.
In his personal and professional life at Airbnb and now Facebook, “social courage” is the driving force in everything Ankit does. From neighborhood gatherings to global tea times, we talk with Ankit about facilitating connection and leading organizations that increase our sense of belonging.
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