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Hey everyone, I built this community to do something good for travel.
👉 How I started this. Before starting Travel Massive, I co-founded a software consulting firm — and worked on many projects (too many to list) including the first search engine for large-scale climate research data. On a trip to the US (way back in 2006) to visit some colleagues at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, my friend sent me on an adventure to the Green Tortoise hostel in San Francisco. That trip mostly changed my life, and I decided to build my own travel startup to help connect fellow travelers. I quit my job (blah blah) and continued traveling and after a few months of living cheap and working from internet-cafes in Thailand and Laos, I presented at CES Australia (2009) and met a travel insurance company who bought my startup. At a hostel in Sydney, me and a few friends started a meetup for travel startups and bloggers, that accidentally grew to a few cities around the world. After a few thousand meetups in a few hundred cities, this created Travel Massive :)
I've also invested in a few startups, including an accelerator in Sydney that funded Tinybeans.com (which floated on the ASX). I'm interested in programming, the open internet, and ways to help people connect and share ideas online and in-person.
I've spent time living in Sydney, Bangkok, Berlin, and Tasmania. Get in touch!
East Coast, Tasmania
East Africa
I wrote a booking engine for a small airline.
The most remote places in the world
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As always, fantastic photos from the Vietnam Travel Massive community — thanks for sharing! What was the biggest topic discussed by the panel? Any particular take-aways from the discussion?
Photos From Saigon Travel Massive at YUNKA 1 hour ago
I'd love to go to Crete one day. Have only done Ios... once you do one island in Greece you want to visit the next!
What are your favorite islands? 20 hours ago
I don't even sell technology to airlines but I loved this podcast! So many fascinating insights and I agree with Amanda that this knowledge is hard to come across in the industry... this is worth it's weight in gold! Thanks for putting this together and... show more
Hi Dominique, thanks for asking your question here! What kind of travel business are you developing? Eg. An inbound tour operator? Who is your target market? Are you looking for investment or business partners? One way of developing a business plan is... show more
Hi Jan, Smart Guide mentioned here: https://www.travelmassive.com/posts/how-can-i-monetize-a-custom-travel-itinerary-on-my-blog-143792893
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