I began working on an event discovery idea called Eventbook in 2009. It started with a simple question: how could I find experiences that truly interested me among everything happening in a city? Discovering a concert, a sporting activity or a new gathering meant more than knowing its place and time. I wanted to design a discovery experience that reflected people's tastes, curiosity and the rhythm of their everyday lives.
For me, the idea was a product connecting personal interests with real-life experiences. The music we enjoy, the activities we like to take part in and the subjects we want to explore all shape our choices. An event's proximity matters, as do our ability to make time for it and our desire to attend. The need I explored through Eventbook was to make a scattered discovery process more personal and meaningful.
Years later, I returned to the same question with Rastiva. In today's pilot, I brought an interest profile, curated event recommendations, feedback and calendar saving together in a practical flow. Exploring personal discovery through music, participatory sports, nature and gatherings around ideas, I found that the thought I started with in 2009 still resonated. Eventbook was an early beginning in my entrepreneurial journey; Rastiva became a way to revisit that idea with today's tools.
