Once again, Tony Sheng finds himself without a job. This time, he wants to get it right. There are millions of things you could do, but you can only ever do one of those things at a time. It’s not fair. How do you find what you’re really meant to do? So instead of getting a job, he is starting a podcast to find out what everybody else is doing. And whether he should do it too. Honest and playful, Click Here To Apply is a weekly opportunity for Tony to catch up with the most interesting peopl ...
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The weekly How I Got Here podcast talks to those behind the success stories in travel and transportation, hosted by PhocusWire's Kevin May and David Litwak at Mozio.
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Welcome to HOW DID I GET HERE, where we live our best lives on the Internet and come out the other side knowing more but not feeling all that much smarter. So come along this weird yet tantalizing ride with your host, Jae of DAY6. You’re welcome. Make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube (www.youtube.com/divestudios) 'How Did I Get Here?' is brought to you by DIVE Studios. DIVE members receive special perks! To learn more, visit www.patreon.com/divestud ...
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There are not many startups that manage to sign a partnership agreement with a big brand before they even launch. And there are perhaps even fewer new businesses that get details written into the same deal that include how an exit via an acquisition might look. But that's what happened to Boston, U.S.-based FlipKey, when it secured a partnership wi…
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69. Dean Donovan of DiamondStream Partners
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Dean Donovan has one foot in the past and, without doubt, one foot in the future. After a five-year career at the Bain consultancy, Donovan and his business partner (Brian Flynn) played central roles in 2004 to the creation and backing of Volaris, Mexico's first low-cost carrier. DiamondStream Partners, the investment house that they created the ye…
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68. Brett Tollman of The Travel Corporation
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Stepping into the hot seat of a family-run business that has been operating since the 1920s must be a fairly daunting task. That's what Brett Tollman in 2000 when he became CEO of The Travel Corporation - one of the oldest groups of companies in the travel industry. The business remains privately-owned and now operates in over 70 countries, with ov…
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The unconventional stories of a company's founding are often the most interesting - rather than the fairly formulaic idea-when-traveling-Y-Combinator-seed-investment-route. After studies overseas, Richard Valtr was back in his home country of the Czech Republic and helping with a family project to renovate and build a hotel, when the concept of Mew…
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Ep. #70 | One Last Question for Jae & AleXa
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Where does the time go? Was it really just yesterday that Jae was jumping in to record podcast episodes during HWAITING? Was it really last year that AleXa became a permanent co-host? Sometimes questions are just hard to answer even with the power of the Internet. But one thing's for certain, we loved the time spent pondering nonetheless. In this g…
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66. David Armstrong and Sebastian Kaatz of HolidayPirates
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HolidayPirates was born in 2012 - essentially as a travel hack for people to find cheap air tickets. This came about after co-founder Sebastian Kaatz (now the companys vice president of special products and projects) got increasingly frustrated about the lack of information online for travelers to get secure decent fares. The content site, based in…
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Ep. #69 | Is Being a Good Singer Genetic?
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Jae and AleXa warm up their vocal cords in this episode and look into the biology of what makes a great singer. Luckily, it's not just about being born with the right genes but like any other muscle or skill, it can be practiced to (near) perfection! And stay tuned until the very end up an important update.Thank you SongPop 2 for sponsoring this ep…
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Alex Cruz admits that his career has been centered around people "betting on me" as a leader of businesses. During the course of over 30 years, Cruz worked for American Airlines and Sabre in the 1990s before a brief stint in the world of management consultancy at Accenture. But it was the lure of creating a brand new airline in the guise of low-cos…
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Ep. #68 | Y'all Hate Milk That Much?
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Jae and AleXa hate milk. And it seems like a lot of you do, too. But why? How did we go from being told milk makes you stronger to being warned milk makes you sit on the toiler a little too long? Let's break the story down on how it's hard to break down lactose.Thank you BetterHelp for sponsoring this episode! Get 10% off your first month by visiti…
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John Guscic is one of the increasingly rare breeds in the travel industry these days. He's an unusually straight-talking company executive who has been in the sector for many years, from the world of global distribution systems to, now, online travel agencies and hotel accommodation wholesaling. The path to the top of Australia-headquartered Webjet…
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Ep. #67 | Am I an Adult? with Sam Kim
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Fully adult Sam Kim ponders when he will truly *feel* like an adult with fellow adults Jae and AleXa. We may pay our own bills and buy our own food but will we ever stop feeling like kids dressed up in big clothes? Science suggests it's totally normal to feel this way! Whew.Thank you Grammarly for sponsoring this episode! Get 20% off Grammarly Prem…
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63. Noah Brodsky of Travel + Leisure
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The formation of Travel + Leisure Co. in January this year marked an important milestone in the career trajectory of its president Noah Brodsky. The new organization, which came about after Wyndham Destinations acquired the Travel + Leisure brand for $100 million, is now a multi-purpose group with a media arm (Travel + Leisure), membership club, ti…
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Ep. #66 | Can I Sell My Tweet For Millions? with Sam Kim
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At last, Sam Kim joins the Internet search with Jae and AleXa! They talk about the latest blockchain hooplah, NFTs, which essentially allows people to sell digital....anything? There's a chance you can get rich from just a single tweet! And by "you" we mean if you're Twitter's founder Jack Dorsey.Thank you Chime for sponsoring this episode! Apply n…
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A common thread in Joah Searman's origin story is one of countering adversity. Localeur was born in 2013 with a mission to help people discover and share the best local places to "eat, drink and play" in destinations around the world. A tough market to crack (there have been many brands that have tried and failed along the way), Spearman's commitme…
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Ep. #65 | Is Organic Food Actually Better For You?
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Some say that abs are made in the kitchen as in healthy food literally creates a healthy body. And we've seen the term "organic" thrown around and slapped on labels. But what does it actually mean? And does it actually have a positive effect on our health apart from the environmental benefits?Thank you SongPop 2 for sponsoring this episode! Visit h…
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Ride-hailing services such as Grab, Uber and Lyft have captured a disproportionate amount of attention since their respective launches. It's easy to say this because Spain-based Cabify has fairly quietly gone about its business and created a widely-used service in its home market and successfully expanded to Latin America. The company was formed in…
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Ep. #64 | Should Parents Trust Their Kids? with Sam Hammington
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Comedian and MC Sam Hammington is a multi-talented entertainer based in Korea. And one of the many things he does is being a great father to his two sons. AleXa and Sam sit down one-on-one to talk about building trust between parents and their kids, how to spot the lies, and keeping the spirit of Father Christmas.Thank you BetterHelp for sponsoring…
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60. Alex Zozaya of Apple Leisure Group
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Apple Leisure Group is a major seller of tickets, packages and hotels across multiple brands. The company was formed by way of a number of mergers and acquisitions, including most recently a deal to combine with the Mark Travel Corporation. The history of the organization is one marked with taking opportunities when they arise, guesswork and luck, …
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Ep. #63 | Does My Handwriting Reflect My Personality?
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AleXa sits down and gets to writing because in this episode, we observe handwriting. It's been both used and tossed as poor evidence in courtrooms but is there something to this old method of analyzing a person's script? Probably not but what we do determine is that dotting your "i"s with perfect circles is a time killer.This week's episode is spon…
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Rolf Schromgens was broke and scarred from the experience of a previous startup when he finally sat down with his co-founders and created Trivago. The company, which is now one of the leading hotel metasearch sites in the market, was built on the learnings from those earlier ventures and a desire to grow on revenue rather than take large sums of ca…
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Ep. #62 | Why Do I Hate My Selfie?
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Ever been feeling your look and decide to take a quick selfie? And were you then startled to find that the pictures don't quite match with what you see in the mirror? If so, we relate. AleXa hunts for who or what is to blame.This episode is brought to you by Chime! Apply now at https://chime.com/HOWDIDThis episode is brought to you by BetterHelp! G…
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Rami Zeidan is a founder on a mission. After working in the finance and real estate worlds for the early part of his career, including overseeing such activities for Starwood, Zeidan took the plunge into the operational part of the equation and launched his own hospitality brand. Life House was created in 2017 and has since grown to include a portf…
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Ep. #61 | What Does [Insert Slang] Mean?! with GHOST9
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AleXa sits down with members from GHOST9, Prince and Junhyung (준형), to ask them what certain slang in their cultures and the Internet mean! The answer most of the time is "I don't know" but luckily we're all learning together. And that's on cap...or something.If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe to @thedivestudios (IT’S FREE) and lea…
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Greg O'Hara has become an influential player on the travel scene since he joined Sabre in the 1990s. He admits to quitting roles after falling out with management - or getting fired - on a number of occasions in the intervening years before creating the Certares private equity vehicle in 2012. But that experience at Sabre, Worldspan and JPMorgan ha…
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Ep. #60 | Is Our Future Predetermined?
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Hello, we are writing from the past to you in the future which is now the present. Still following? Don't worry too much because no matter what you do, there may be a possibility that the future is already set. Oh shoot, that might make you freak out more. Well, freak out with us and listen to this episode!This episode is brought to you by BetterHe…
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Duffel has generated a fair amount of buzz since it came on the scene in 2017. In part, this was due to a strategy to try and keep "stealthy" during its early phase of building a next-generation airline distribution platform. It eventually emerged into the public eye with a sizeable investment round (it has since raised over $56 million in capital)…
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Ep. #59 | Should I Ride E-Scooters?
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For most people living in or even nearby large cities, they may have seen their fair share of E-Scooters. These are electronic scooters that are accessible via an app so that people may ride and ditch them for their leisure. But are they worth potentially congesting busy streets or our neighborhoods? Jae and AleXa learn both sides and weigh their t…
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