Articles tagged “startups”

It's not often that a revolutionary idea like Uber or Airbnb hit the market, making these small-scale innovations worth looking at and considering.

An in-depth knowledge of your neighborhood, and the desire to share it, is the only credentials needed to tap into a growing demand for "insiders."

Without serving a real need of a large sector of the traveling population, it will be difficult to ever truly get many of these startups off the ground.

Pets deserve a vacation too and with Rover their owners can't say there weren't any sitters available as an excuse not to take a vacation. Also, Meerkat's bank account keeps growing but whether users' interests are as well is a different story.

It's difficult to imagine a single kind of traveler that's underserved in today's market with so many niche services provided online. Despite that, new companies are launched every day to do just that.

It looks like Uber has another competitor but Shuddle won't be on Uber's radar any time soon.

It's better to be an early mover in an emerging trend than compete against a dozen or more established companies -- unless you can innovate on others' ideas and emerge with a far superior product.

Activity-planning startups are a dime a dozen but Musement seems to be getting investors' attention.

There are hundreds of small platforms that offer an unprecedented way to travel in terms of making connections and saving on costs. However, most travelers don't have the time or flexibility to make these sites work there limited time off.

Startups that give consumers the ability to customize their experience, either through convenience or greater control, will succeed as the public's expectations for personalization and immediacy increase.