Birdie was founded by Lauren Rosenthal, a process geek obsessed with food, travel and streamlining. One night after spending yet another hour scrolling through her TV trying to find something to watch Lauren gave up and watched the “The West Wing” for the 100th time. She kept thinking to herself what a waste of time that was - and there has to be a better way. Like most people she doesn’t trust the selection the algorithm throws out there - what she does trust is the recommendations of her friends and family. If only there was a quick and easy way to see those ... and the idea for Birdie the app was hatched.