Alexander Abell found himself in an ironic situation during the coronavirus pandemic: The founder, who had launched an app designed to connect colleagues on their lunch breaks, lost 30 pounds while he ran the one-man show at Lunchpool.
“I was working so hard with this new opportunity, partially because we went a year with no revenue,” Abell said. “And it was like, ‘Holy cow, we’re making money.’ But it was one of the biggest ironies I saw.”
