Alexi Mintz – Co-Founder of 3Floz.com
[quote style=”boxed”]I carry a small notebook with me everywhere I go. Some ideas that I scribble down are never seen again, but many continue to surface and I’ll start talking…
travel
Travel is one of those industries where the product is the experience. That makes it beautiful and terrifying to build in. The founders in this section have done it anyway. Hotels. Travel tech. Tour companies. Booking platforms. And everything else that gets people from where they are to where they want to be.
These interviews cover the full travel landscape. Hospitality. Adventure travel. Business travel. Travel technology. Sustainable tourism. The intersection of wanderlust and logistics, which is where all travel companies live.
The founders here are honest about the unique challenges of the industry. Seasonality. Reviews that can make or break you. The complexity of operating across borders, time zones, and regulatory environments. And the fact that one pandemic can shut down everything overnight. These are resilient people.
You’ll find insights on building travel brands, customer experience design, leveraging technology in hospitality, and the art of selling something intangible. If you’re in the travel industry, building travel tools, or just fascinated by how the world moves, these conversations take you places. Pun intended, but the insights are serious.
Jason Batansky – Founder of Locationless Living
Jason Batansky has worked as an entrepreneur since he was a teenager. At 23 years old he is earning a six-figure income as a location independent professional traveling throughout the…
Mehmet Cihangir – Founder of Wizard Istanbul
[quote style=”boxed”]To emphasise: I fail till I succeed, so I love this cliché: “you can’t win if you don’t play!”[/quote] Mehmet Cihangir is the Founder of Wizard Istanbul – an…
Nicholas Wood – Founder of Political Tours
[quote style=”boxed”]Trusting the ethnic Albanian guerilla who told us where to put our armored vehicle during a lull in fighting during this six month conflict. One minute later, it was…
Chris MacPhee – Founder of Suburban Camping Company
[quote style=”boxed”]We love old things done in new ways. We recently read about a milk company in NYC that is bringing back the classic milk bottle delivery service to customers…
Talk: Brittany Laughlin – Turning What You Love Into What You Do
Here is the next video from our IdeaMensch Los Angeles event. Brittany Laughlin, the Co-founder of social media travel site gtrot talks about how she chased her passion to turn what…
Meet Talk: Brittany Laughlin – Turning What You Love Into What You Do
Ryan Pasco – Founder of HolidayCrowd.com
[quote style=”boxed”]Other entrepreneurs. My Parents. Anything with an engine.[/quote] Ryan Pasco launched HolidayCrowd.com in 2011 at the age of 20. Ryan was born in Sydney, Australia and moved to Poland…
Tom Bodkin – Co-Founder of Secret Compass
Before co-partnering the cutting edge expedition company, Secret Compass, Tom Bodkin spent 6 years as an Officer in The Parachute Regiment. During his Army career, Tom worked in Africa on…
Brittany Laughlin – Co-Founder of gtrot
Brittany Laughlin is the co-founder of gtrot, a social travel company working to make travel planning easier. The company improves travel serach by connecting users with friends who have been…
Karol Gajda – Founder of RidiculouslyExtraordinary.com
Karol Gajda quit his last day job 10 years ago and now inspires others to live extraordinary lives of freedom through his writing. He is currently living anywhere and everywhere (with just…
Adam Baker – Founder of ManVsDebt.com
Adam Baker is a husband, father, blogger, and traveler. In 2008, after the birth of his daughter, Baker and his wife Courtney made a decision to sell everything they own,…
Gary Arndt – World Traveler, Photographer and Blogger
In March 2007, Gary Arndt sold his home and set out to travel around the world. Since then he has been traveling non-stop and has visited over 70 countries and…