What my friends are up to…
I’m lucky to have many friends who are entrepreneurs. Some are starting companies for the first time, while others are successful serial entrepreneurs. Here’s a quick run down of some of their latest endeavors:
Voyij is the creation of Nick Atkins and Paul Kim, friends and former co-workers of mine at SideStep. Voyij is the best search engine for travel deals on the Web. The great thing about Voyij is that you don’t need to know exactly where you want to go. If you have some ideas about what you want to do on your vacation (e.g. skiing, gambling, beaches, etc..), Voyij will find you deals based on that criteria. The team has still got some wrinkles to iron out but the site is absolutely worth checking out next time you book travel.
If it’s just a hotel that you need then check out DealBase. My former manager, Sam Shank, continues his reign on the hotel deals & reviews space after he sold TravelPost.com to SideStep (now Kayak). Like TravelPost, DealBase offers consumers honest, comprehensive hotel information. This is in contrast to some of the market-leading travel sites which may encourage you to book the wrong hotel because it earns them the most commission.
If you play the guitar, then you need to check out FretBase. (The *Base.com thing is a coincidence..) The site is the brainchild of another of my former managers at SideStep, Brian Stolte. Recently launched, FretBase has already grown to include an impressive amount of information on everything guitar-related, from music to artists to the guitars themselves. With the passion that Brian and the rest of his founding team has, I’m very excited to see what they do with the site.
Finally, my long-time buddy, Rob Poitras has just embarked on a new project called FashionLuvr. Rob has proven himself to be an online marketing expert in the fashion world. He’s leveraging that expertise to create the defacto website for the latest sales at online clothing boutiques. Rob’s got an intriguing strategy to grow FashionLuvr and particularly given the lull in demand for high-priced clothing, he may just have exactly what the market needs.
Btw, come on guys, make proper linkable logos!!
