A Letter from Vlada & Michał Bortnik, Founders If you’re a longtime member of the Marco Polo community, you likely remember the Big Bet we made last year, when we rolled out Marco Polo Plus, our premium subscription plan. Our intention was to start becoming a financially sustainable business, admittedly, during a very challenging year. […]
Read More One Year In: What You Made PossibleA Letter from Vlada Bortnik, CEO and Co-Founder To our amazing Marco Polo community, I’ve always tried to be transparent about the fact that my life is a real life. It’s not a lofty one that takes place behind corporate fanfare, shielded from reality. My husband Michal and I built a tech company on expansive […]
Read More Reflections on 2020: Challenge, change, and hopeAs his 30th college reunion approached, Michael Champlin – “Champ” to his buddies – watched the pandemic unfold and saw the writing on the wall. Convening in June was going to be a no-go. Champ was philosophical but still disappointed. His treasured group of 10 once-inseparable friends, the people who’d finished each other’s sentences, shared […]
Read More When COVID forced a canceled reunion, these friends took to Marco PoloDuring the rollout of Marco Polo Plus, we received passionate, insightful feedback from members of our community about the features you’re loving – like enhanced speed controls, Scratchpad, and Polos in HD. You also told us, resoundingly, that you wanted an easy, affordable way to use Marco Polo Plus with even more of the people […]
Read More Introducing Plus Family, the easiest way to share Marco Polo PlusA Message from Vlada Bortnik, CEO and Co-Founder The extraordinary level of connection that the world is experiencing during this coronavirus time is beyond anything any of us in the tech industry could have planned for or predicted. As we look around, we see clearly how Marco Polo – built to be good for you […]
Read More Marco Polo Plus: Our Big Bet on Human Connection
