Neck Dart Speaks — startup
Pandemic? Don't Panic.
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Berlin, January 2021. Dark. Cold. Lockdown. This was a difficult time for any startup, but for one based solely on incoming tourism, a heroic challenge to continue to grow. The startup is called VRWein, a company using virtual reality to enhance wine tastings, and provide virtual tourism to the wine-curious. We were getting bookings consistently and people were actually having epiphanies right before our eyes. Watching people create new neural pathways through gaining an understanding of how to articulate abstract concepts of fruit and spice from aroma in wine is rewarding. The look on people's faces once they "get it" has always...