Sean Conrad, co-founder and CEO of Go, a social app focused on helping friends create plans to hang out in person, shares his experience with MongoDB as he built his startup from scratch. He started building Go during the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacted the product's development but ultimately led to its success in New Zealand and Australia. With 40,000 downloads and 500 businesses using the app, Go has raised $6.7 million in seed funding and is planning to launch in the United States. Sean credits MongoDB for being a comfortable choice due to his previous experience with it at his previous company, and praises its features such as full-text search and serverless capabilities. As a second-time founder, Sean notes that raising capital was an unexpected challenge but has been worth it for Go's ambitious plans to help people manage their friendships in person.