Triptrotting - AngelList

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Triptrotting is a community that connects like-minded travelers and locals. Imagine having a local friend anywhere you go!

Since full beta launch in September 2011 Triptrotting has quickly grown to an active and engaged community spanning across 2000 cities in 150 countries. Locals hosted over a dozen events with 3000+ people in attendance everywhere from Jakarta and Budapest to Rio and Las Vegas!

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Aigerim Shorman

Co-founder of www.triptrotting.com. Business background (UBS, Teach For America). USC Marshall School of Business 2007.
Shana Zheng

Co-Founder at www.triptrotting.com. Business background (JPMorgan, Disney). USC Marshall School of Business, Leventhal School of Accounting 2007
Shawn Faison

Lead Engineer at www.triptrotting.com with 10+ years of experience. Sr Engineer at ValueClick Media. One of the 1st employees at BuzzMedia.

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Bill Gross

Founder of Technology Incubator Idealab and 100 companies in last 30 years. Tweeting while on my quest for learning in life and at conferences.
Bobby Yazdani

Chairman, CEO, and Founder Saba Software (public company); Investor in HotPrints, DropBox, Klout, Qwiki, CleverSense, and many more.
Safa Rashtchy

Active observer/investor of key internet/consumer trends globally. Most recently MD, Sr. Internet analyst and the Lead China analyst at Piper Jaffray and Co.
Dave McClure

Founding Partner @ 500 Startups. Ex-PayPal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, Mint.com. Geek, developer, entrepreneur, marketer. Investor in 250+ co's.
500 Startups

Silicon Valley internet seed fund & accelerator. 500 team has worked @ PayPal, Google, AOL, Rackspace, Yahoo, YouTube, Mint.com, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund.
Tom McInerney

Angel Investor. Advisor. More at tgm.com

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LaunchpadLA

We're a startup accelerator and mentorship program supporting amazing entrepreneurs in the best city on earth.

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Bill Gross

Founder of Technology Incubator Idealab and 100 companies in last 30 years. Tweeting while on my quest for learning in life and at conferences.
Dave McClure

Founding Partner @ 500 Startups. Ex-PayPal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, Mint.com. Geek, developer, entrepreneur, marketer. Investor in 250+ co's.
Mark Suster

General partner, GRP Ventures & 2x entrepreneur. Sold Koral to Salesforce.com
Allen Morgan

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Sam Teller

Managing Director of Launchpad LA (launchpad.la), Co-Founder of Charlie (meetcharlie.com), Partner at Charlie Ventures (charlieventures.com)
Jim Andelman

Co-founder of Rincon Venture Partners. I heart kick-ass lean startups. Burstly, GraphEffect, SteelHouse, The Resumator, DataPop, etc.

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Eddie Kim

systems architect, hacker...
Eric Nord

Designer / Developer / Consultant

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Allen Morgan

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“Cool article about Triptrotting on Pando Daily: http://bit.ly/JOUFGH”

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LaunchpadLA We are thrilled to be working with Aigerim and Shana at LaunchpadLA – they are exceptional entrepreneurs building a stellar product in massive market.

4 months ago · Aigerim Shorman likes this

Sam Teller Aigerim and Shana are building a terrific company -- a no brainer for us to accept into LaunchpadLA. They are fearless, tireless, and intelligent in pursuing this big opportunity. Their initial traction reveals a social community stickiness that makes Triptrotting so much more than a simple transactional marketplace. Excited to work with them.

4 months ago · Aigerim Shorman likes this

Allen Morgan In an early-stage deal, what does one look for?

-- Triptrotting Team: Killer. Truly killer.

-- Market: Travel = Huge & Global

-- Positive Business Twists:

-- Team is building strong, and unique, global social network of travelers
-- Company has proprietary matching technology that assists travelers connecting with locals with similar interests.
-- A self-organizing, passionate... more

4 months ago · Aigerim Shorman likes this

Safa Rashtchy Really like Triptrotting - great concept - terrific team. Online travel is ready for next version and this is where it's heading!

3 months ago · Dave McClure and 1 other person like this

Dave McClure Triptrotting matches lively people who want to travel with experienced local guides and friends around the world, to make their journey more social and more exciting. The Triptrotting community has thousands of people in hundreds of cities that connect travelers to great activities, restaurants, and events. The market is large and the business monetizes well. The founders are global travelers, and... more

3 months ago · Shana Zheng and 1 other person like this

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