Now building https://teapaw.org/t.co/BBo3YhpQYe. The return of the travel agent. Former cofounder / CEO @onefinestay @contexttravel
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Our brand speaks to the fun of travel advising. However, 3 years after the pivotal coffee that Henley and I had, Fora Travel is a serious travel business. Serious training, serious community, serious technology, serious inclusivity & serious production. foratravel.com/the-journal/f…
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Will AI speed the decline of travel agents? Or will it actually diminish the power of OTAs?
I'm betting on the latter. Thank you @denschaal and @skift - always happy to talk about this topic.
AI will speed travel agent decline, says Booking CEO.
Not so, says big travel agent boss.
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Italy is hot — literally and figuratively. Get Henley’s take in ep1 of speadtalking. speedtalking.foratravel.com
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🚨 Airbnb just eliminated its traditional product management function.
This is one of the boldest experiments in product management we have seen in quite some time.
→ Who’s going to own the roadmap?
→ Who will cross-functional teams collaborate with?
→ Who will be responsible for writing the team’s charter, focus problems, and metrics?
Brian has been posting Twitter threads of each of Airbnb’s two most recent product releases. So it sounds like the executives are re-taking over the roadmap.
And, presumably, engineering managers and designers will split the other tasks. It will be an interesting experiment to watch.
The crowd erupted in applause. Is there something broken with today’s product management? What do you think of the change?
Inside Fora, the startup igniting a possible renaissance for travel agents
fortune.com/2022/08/11/summe…
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Amazing @shivanivora - spot on! Have you checked out @hellofora ?
Why young people are using old school travel agents to plan their vacations
nypost.com/2022/05/24/young-… via @nypost
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Thank you @AuthorityMgzine and Fotis Georgiadis for interviewing me on Meet the Disruptors! medium.com/authority-magazin…
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What we're seeing at @hellofora this Omicron holiday season. Thank you @WSJ for the coverage!
Travel isn’t returning to pre-pandemic patterns, and these travel startups are OK with that wsj.com/articles/travel-star…
PSA: US Business Formation ⬆️ 56% so far in this year (Jan + Feb) over previous record (2018). Previous 3 years broadly flat.
US entrepreneurship over next 10 yrs - buckle up 🔥
cc @ankurnagpal
ALT US Business Formation Statistics
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True explosion of US entrepreneurship h/t @avc
avc.com/2021/12/the-great-fo…
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Read about our two recent investments, aiming to enable the growing travel agent space with modern tools. More from @omal: forerunnerventures.com/our-p…
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Excited to support @evanbfrank and team Fora on their journey to help creators curate travel experiences for their audiences 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 techcrunch.com/2021/11/18/tr…
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We are excited to welcome Fora to the portfolio! ✈️
Thank you @techcrunch @christinemhall for telling our story and announcing our $5m seed investment, led by @omal at @ForerunnerVC
For those who want to turn travel into dollars, Fora can help start your next career tcrn.ch/2Z0b6gZ via @techcrunch
Thank you @techcrunch @christinemhall for telling our story and announcing our $5m seed investment, led by @omal at @ForerunnerVC
For those who want to turn travel into dollars, Fora can help start your next career tcrn.ch/2Z0b6gZ via @techcrunch
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And no, I didn’t know where things would be going from there. 😅. People overestimate vision and underestimate what you can build when you follow your curiosity one step at a time for a decade+
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Our dear family friend Henley Vasquez (with whom we and many of our friends plan all our travel) launched this new venture foratravel.com/
She is RECRUITING people who want to be TRAVEL advisors + entrepreneurs and make money selling travel experiences...
Love metrics. But what's a common metricized way of establishing PMF for consumer cos?
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It was super fun being interviewed by @JAalster for @dune7nyc's new video series about traveltech, onefinestay and why I started Fora. Link below!
Pretty psyched about our new #traveltech interview series. Always good to chat with the outspoken @evanbfrank who is building something new and super cool for the travel industry.
A Better Equation in Travel linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
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