TravelTech Mentors with Growth, & Startup Experience

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Rui Bom

5✨ mentor at 🥇 accelerator (25🦄)

Currently residing in Tokyo, Japan (+09:00 UTC)

Co-founded 30K.com in 2012, an online travel technology company. Started as an online agency, later pivoting into SaaS. As far as I know, still to this day 30K is the only company to have ever developed a frequent flyer mileage computation technology.

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Lynn Patchett

Head of Paid & Organic Search @ Kollective

Currently residing in Athens, Greece (+02:00 UTC)

20+ years in digital travel marketing working with hotels, villa and yacht rentals, ferry and flight ticketing operators and travel startups. If you have a travel or tourism facing operation, I am always interested in having a chat :)

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Doina Rosu-Savinoiu

Product Manager

Currently residing in Roman, Romania (+02:00 UTC)

I have 4 years of experience as a Product Manager in a well known SaaS travel company, focused on Customer Service and Support, working with Customer communities, Chatbots and Knowledge portals

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Anna Fedotova

Product Data Analytics

Currently residing in Barcelona, Spain (+00:00 UTC)

I've worked as a data analyst for a business travel scaleup, helping product and growth teams align on key metrics in the customer journey. Some of the most impactful projects included multi-touch attribution, the definition of activation and Product Qualified Lead, activity-based customer segmentation.

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Frank Saviane

B2B Tech Growth & VC Fundraising Consultant

Currently residing in Berlin, Germany (-05:00 UTC)

In this specific industry we worked with B2B Tech Startups and Scaleups internationally on growth and fundraising and have case studies from which specifically obtain key insights, learnings, best practices, tools used, ecc

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Orianne Gambino

Helping you increase your Leadership skills & untangle roadblocks

Currently residing in Remote, France (+02:00 UTC)

Experience developing travel offer in Middle East and Africa and in Europe. Strong understanding of travel industry trends, needs and limitations. Experience in hospitality, activities and luxury.

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Radu Ionescu

Angel investor and advisor

Currently residing in Bucharest, Romania (+02:00 UTC)

I've invested and advised Sailo - a boat rental marketplace (so quite a classical OTA) since 2018. Being hands on and going through ups and downs, including pandemics and war, I understand the travel industry metrics and flows and can bring value to startups in this area (though I will not work with any Sailo competitor).

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How does it works?

Step 1. Browse mentors

Browse through our list of TravelTech mentors using the filters. Make sure to read their profiles and reviews in depth, and make your choice.

Step 2. Send session request

Found the perfect TravelTech mentor for you? Awesome, time to request a call. Tell them a bit about your situation, choose a time, and get it set on your calendar.

Step 3. Get on 1:1 call

Time for the call, yay! Make sure you show up on time and prepared to make the most out of it. Pro tip: Ask your mentor if it’s ok to record the screen so you can take notes later.

Why talk to a TravelTech mentor?

Having a mentor is extremely important, especially in the field of traveltech.

Traveltech combines technology with travel, and it is a very specific field that requires a lot of knowledge and experience to be successful. It’s not enough to just know about technology—you need to understand the needs of travelers, how they behave when they’re on vacation, and how you can use technology to improve their experience.

If you want to get into traveltech, one of the best things you can do is find a mentor who knows the industry well and has worked in it for a long time. Having someone like this as an ally will give you access to information that would otherwise be impossible to access without years of experience or direct involvement with companies involved in travel tech. A good mentor will also give you feedback on your ideas and projects so that you can make them even better than they would have been if you’d gone it alone!

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Simple answer

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Extended answer

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They want to share their experiences and help others learn from them. Sharing their experiences, wins, and failures can truly change the trajectory of someone else’s path.
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Here are some tips.

Come into this with realistic expectations. They’re mentors, not magicians.
Ask your mentor if they’d be ok with you recording your screen with Loom
Give contextual information to help paint the picture of your current situation.
Growth mentors will be asking you lots of questions, answer them as openly as possible.
Don’t be afraid to push the boundaries of question-asking. Be inquisitive. Stories are gold.
Don’t feel pressure, just relax.
Try to form mental patterns, especially if you speak with multiple mentors.
Embrace alternative views. Ask the mentors to challenge your assumptions.
Be friendly. If you’re likable, the mentors will be your biggest supporters (even after the call is over).

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