About the app

The RendezPoint Story

The RendezPoint App was created by Deepak Malhotra, a professor at Harvard Business School, who wanted to help people connect in ways that other social networking apps are simply not designed to facilitate. While the transition towards remote work and virtual meetings is likely to continue, the RendezPoint app is inspired by the deep conviction that we all have people in our lives that we would love to see more often in real life (IRL). Prof. Malhotra wanted to create a free app that would help everyone – including his own friends, family members, and thousands of former students – connect more often and more meaningfully with the people that matter most to them. Be sure to tell your friends about the RendezPoint app so that they can join you in creating, sharing, and discovering opportunities to meet.

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About the founder

Deepak Malhotra

He is the Eli Goldston Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he has been on the faculty since 2002. His teaching, research and advisory work is focused on negotiation, deal-making, conflict resolution, diplomacy, and peace-making. In 2020, Deepak was named “MBA Professor of the Year” (worldwide) by Poets & Quants. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and research and has been selected by Harvard MBA students to give the end-of-year speech to the graduating class multiple times.

Deepak is the author of four best-selling books (including Negotiation Genius, Negotiating the Impossible), and his research has been published in top journals in the fields of management, strategy, psychology, conflict resolution, and foreign policy. He also serves as Chair of the Owner/President Management Program, an HBS executive education course for business owners and entrepreneurs. Outside of HBS, Deepak is a trainer, consultant, and advisor (on negotiation and strategy) to firms and CEOs across the globe, and an advisor to governments that are trying to negotiate an end to protracted and intractable armed conflicts. Deepak’s latest book, The Peacemaker’s Code, is an award-winning grounded sci-fi novel that is currently being developed as a TV series. You can find Deepak on Twitter as @Prof_Malhotra