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Skift Global Forum Preview: Expedia's Founder Says Startup Ideas Are Cheap

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Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: Expedia founder and Zillow executive chairman Rich Barton believes empowering consumers is like tearing down the walls and storming the Bastille. Zillow

Skift Take

If only more startup founders would realize this: As Rich Barton says, most startups don't know how to execute on their visions. That is the big difference maker. Talk and ideas are cheap but execution and having the team to carry it through is what it's all about.

On September 27 to 28, nearly 1,000 of the travel industry's brightest and best will gather in New York City for the third annual Skift Global Forum, the largest creative business gathering in the global travel industry. In only two short years it has become what media, speakers, and attendees have called the “TED talks of travel.” This year's event at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center will feature speakers including the CEOs of Marriott International, Carnival Corp., Expedia Inc., TripAdvisor, Etihad Aviation Group, Club Med, and many more. Over the next few weeks we will feature articles and insights from some of the speakers touching on big-picture issues that begin in travel, but also impact businesses and industries beyond the sector.

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