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Helping You Book Vacation Rentals: FlipKey CEO T. J. Mahoney (Part 4)
SM: How did you initially populate your reviews? Did you crawl the Web for those as well? TM: No, the reviews came from guests. We had created the accounts for the property managers, but in order for them to use our service effectively they had to upload guest records, which allowed us to invite guests
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How A Warren Buffett Protégé Built Overstock.com: CEO Patrick Byrne (Part 3)
SM: What was the source of your own financing? PB: We were turned down by 55 venture capitalists. I do not intend for that to be a dig at them. In retrospect, I have a much more positive view of the venture capital industry than I did back then. That just tells you how bad
Helping You Book Vacation Rentals: FlipKey CEO T. J. Mahoney (Part 3)
SM: What was your strategy for entering a market that was already dominated by HomeAway? TM: Before leaving Compete, I had actually asked them if they would help sponsor some research for the industry. They helped conduct some surveys for us, and we released some market research for the vacation rental industry.
How A Warren Buffett Protégé Built Overstock.com: CEO Patrick Byrne (Part 2)
SM: What was the genesis of Overstock.com? PB: I came up with the idea just after I retired and went to Dartmouth. When I was over in China with the American college students, we brainstormed different names for the company. The name Overstock.com from a brainstorming and voting session. There were 20 students in that
Helping You Book Vacation Rentals: FlipKey CEO T. J. Mahoney (Part 2)
SM: What roles did you hold at Compete? TM: Initially I was their founding consultant. Compete has a dedicated consulting practice, which is how they make the majority of their money. I was one of the first consultants who helped to develop some of their vertical categories. In 2005, I helped launch Compete.com as a
Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: A Peek At Businesses That Validate The Vertical Movement Of The Web
Here’s a review of Sramana Mitra’s Positioning: How To Test, Validate, and Bring Your Idea To Market by Kevin Clancy in The Copernicus MZine: “Positioning is Volume 3 in Entrepreneur Journeys, a series of monographs that transcribe the author’s interviews with entrepreneurs to discover new ways to make high-technology businesses more successful. The book includes
Deal Radar 2009: MAIA Intelligence
By Guest Author Shailesh Otari Deal Radar wraps up 2009 in India, with two more companies that have crossed the $1 million revenue mark. The first is business intelligence (BI) software product company called MAIA Intelligence. The company’s primary offering is a data visualization layer that provides BI in the form of actionable information. The company
Helping You Book Vacation Rentals: FlipKey CEO T. J. Mahoney (Part 1)
T.J. Mahoney is the founder and CEO of FlipKey, a leading vacation rental service with verified vacation guest reviews. Prior to founding Flipkey he worked at Compete.com, Zefer, and Accenture. He is a graduate of Macalester College. SM: Can you take us back to the beginning of your story? Where do you come from? TM:
