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Building a web business with no previous programming experience – Natty Zola of Everlater.com
Natty Zola‘s story is a great lesson for anyone that’s really passionate about a business idea but doesn’t have the technical skills to get there. Natty shows that if there’s a will, there’s a way. Natty and his co-founder Nate were both in the Finance industry prior to starting Everlater. During a 6-month trip through [...]
Building a Travel Insurance Company with Unconventional Marketing: Simon Monk – Founder of World Nomads
16. August 2011
Purchasing insurance is never fun; however as a long-time customer of World Nomads travel insurance, I can tell you they’ve made it really easy. This is why I was excited to interview Simon Monk, the founder of World Nomads travel insurance and The Footprints Network. Dealing with the insurance is a breeze because everything is [...]
Profitable from launch, with bootstrapped entrepreneur Frederic Le Pardieu – Founder of mtrip
12. July 2011
As a first-time, self-funded entrepreneur, Frederic Le Pardieu has an amazing story with mobile travel-planning application mTrip. In October 2009 he began developing an intelligent travel guide iPhone application. Just seven months later he launched an amazing app packed with features including an itinerary generator, GPS guided directions, travel guide directory, plus a whole lot more — [...]
Building 3 Companies in 7 Years with Sam Shank from HotelTonight
20. June 2011
Sam Shank is the definition of a successful serial travel entrepreneur. In 2004 Sam was a first time entrepreneur. He started TravelPost.com – a traveler’s social networking site that had the killer feature of a “where I’ve been” map. Just two years later he sold the company to SideStep.com.
Continue reading...Building The World’s Largest Travel Guidebook Company with the Co-Founder of Lonely Planet Tony Wheeler
26. April 2011
Today’s interview is with Tony Wheeler, the co-founder of Lonely Planet. The story of Tony and his wife Maureen beginning Lonely Planet is an incredible story. It begins in 1972 when, for their honeymoon, Tony and Maureen traveled from London, across Europe, through Asia and eventually found themselves in Sydney. When they arrived in Sydney [...]
Continue reading...From Startup to Going Public to Doing it Over Again With Jim Hornthal Triporati Founder
12. April 2011
If you take a look at Jim’s biography, you’ll quickly wonder if he even has time to sleep. He’s a founder (Triporati), partner at a venture capital firm (CMEA), investor, advisor, and is involved with a few philanthropic organizations to top it off. In fact, Jim’s first company actually handed out flyers that said “sleep [...]
Continue reading...What is Unanchor.com?
Unanchor is reducing the amount of time it takes to plan what to do and how to get around for your next trip.
19. September 2011
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